Advice: 16yo DD Taking "Liberties".

[Bathsheba]

Thanks for reading/replying I really don't like having family squabbles on FB... this is the first occasion we've had one.

Inanna: yep, pure ego-centricness. And the worst of it will be her outrage when we try to modify her plans... and then what my young boys witness. I guess all i can do is control my own reactions so that they witness calm in the face of outrage.

I know 40 teens doesn't sound like much... however having had house full of teens before it is... if you really want to keep it under control. No we can't move the party somewhere else... we don't have the $ to hire anywhere and we don't have anyone to help with our younger children. It has to be here. Like I said, we had 20 round for an Australia Day party and that was enough.

The thing is teens get restless... they move around a lot (unlike adults who tend to move slower as they mingle)... they like to come and go... meet up with friends down the street... bring them back... wander down the back lane... wander back in... leaving doors and gates open for my 4yo to slip through... they climb on furniture and they play rough with the pool table... they tie cans of drink to helium balloons and then play at floating them through your house. All in all having 40 teens over is like having 80 adults in terms of how "busy" it feels... plus they eat fast and LOTS!

ETA: sorry the phone rang... I missed a few replies... I agree Inanna... it does feel like too many.