All of the kids have been out of school this week with Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease! I am so glad that they are better and will be able to go to school Tuesday! I know that they are happy about that too! I hope that we do not pick up anything else and that the kids will be able to stay in school for a while.
I need some advice!!
Since Morgan started Jr. High, some things have changed around our house. She is actually enjoying school. She has all A's and one B right now. She is really growing up (her birthday is the 24th) and we are really proud of her! However, we have entered a new phase of adolescence! She has, for the last 2 Fridays, went out with her girlfriends. There has been a mother with them the entire time and that brings her home. Last weekend they went bowling. We didn't give her a time to be home because she was with another mother and other 12-13 year olds. She came in around 11:30ish.
Now before I go into what happened last night let me say, sorry Mom. When I was getting the information out of Morgan, I sounded just like my Mom. I guess, maybe the things she did wasn't so bad!!
I need to know who was going, what times, and where they were going. Now, I know that things are different than when I was 12 or 13, but she is 12!
The girls wanted to go eat Mexican, go bowling, and then go play flashlight tag at one of the girl's house. We agreed to that. Well, shortly after dropping her off I get a call on my cell and Morgan says that they want to go Cosmic Bowling which is from 11:00-2:00 am. Well, the first words out of my mouth were, "YOU ARE NOT STAYING OUT UNTIL 2:00!!" I even told her that we would come and get her if we saw that they were going to be late.
Well, after Todd and I talked we quickly saw that we don't think the same way as some of the other parents. After she texted me some, we told her that whatever she thought was best and we would talk tomorrow. She thought that she was in trouble, but she wasn't we saw that we were. Needless to say she came home at 1:30!! Yes 1:30!! I was so not happy and her Daddy was not either. We were even more unhappy when she told us they played flashlight tag at the park, not some one's house, and that she rode to Millbrook to take a girl to her Grandmother's. I thought all the girls were going to be dropped off in Prattville. I would have really liked to know when things change. Are there parents that actually allow there 12 year olds to stay out all night. What is going to happen when they go out with a boy and expect to stay out until 1:30! There is nothing in the world that she needs to be doing with a boy after 10:00.
Well, when Morgan got home, we went ahead and laid down the rules. From now on, she has to be home at 10:00, we have no problem picking her up, but she is not going to stay out past 10:00. That does not mean call me at 10:00 to pick her up. That is late and she will not go the next time. She also can have the outings taken away for not doing what we expect from her. When things change she has to call us to make sure we are fine with it.
What are your thoughts on this? We are trying to do what is best for our almost 13 year old. Thanks for your help.
