Teenager - Would You Leave For A Weekend?

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Me at home age 16: couple of friends over, few drinks, couple of movies. Lie-in the next morning. Lived in about 3 rooms of the house so I didn't have to tidy the whole house before Mum and Dad came home. (Amusing as I currently live in a 5-room house, including the hall!)

Sis at home age 16: Spent 3 days cleaning after a party held at the weekend.

I keep thinking about Sis' wild parties when she was home alone as a teenager. I'd be getting DSD to stay with a friend too!

[mrsmac]

I have left Jess at home at 16 and its been fine but my dad lives nearby! I have had her stay at a friends too and have contacted the friend's mum and exchanged mobile numbers and said if they try to change any plans call me!!
I think you should trust her to still have her key, I know wild parties seem to be on the news all the time but truly I very rarely hear about them from DD and none which are while the parents are away and she tells me things. It doesn't seem as much of a big deal to have parties while peoples parents are away now as it was when I was a teen, DD goes to heaps of parties with alcohol and worse where the parents are home.

[AliBaby]

If you trust her let her stay. We dtayed at home as teens and did throw parties but they were controlled parties and not my space parties. Once a friends parents went away and she had a party , the house got trashed. We helped her clean up the next couple of days and we got found out as the house was cleaner than when then parents left. We had to steam clean the carpet!

I think its all part of being a teen.

[Karina]

I reckon that if she is responsible, then let her stay at home or oranise with one of her friends parents for her to stay there.
My parents let me stay at home by myself plenty of times when I was that age while they went on holidays. I think as long as she is responsible, and can look after herself, then ti should be ok. Are there any other family or family friends in the area too?

[squidipa]

i would ring her friends mother and ask her if she can stay for 1 week? is that possible?

[fionas]

i would ring her friends mother and ask her if she can stay for 1 week? is that possible?

Not sure I understand squidipa - we're only going away for two nights?

[squidipa]

sorry y brain is scattery today, you said u wanted to go away for 2 days with dh but ur daughter doesn't want to come... can she do a sleep over at a friends house?