"Hangin'"

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Registered: 04-26-2007
"Hangin'"
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Wed, 11-14-2007 - 3:51pm

Does your teen (ds, dd or ss, sd) go "hang out with friends" after school? If so how often? Every day? For how long?

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Avatar for suzyk2118
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Registered: 07-30-1997
Wed, 11-14-2007 - 5:12pm

DH and I both work and ds is a hermit.

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Registered: 10-16-1999
Wed, 11-14-2007 - 6:23pm

My DD is a social butterfly, she's always hanging out with someone, either here or at a friends' house.

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Registered: 03-06-2006
Wed, 11-14-2007 - 8:55pm

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Avatar for mjaye2002
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 11-14-2007 - 9:15pm
I don't get home from work until 5:30 or sometimes 6, so ds16 is left to his own devices between the time school gets out and I get home.
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Registered: 05-29-2003
Wed, 11-14-2007 - 9:27pm
How does your SS have the time to "hang out" after school?
Avatar for imomtojd
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 11-15-2007 - 10:41am
I was thinking the same thing, DS doesn't have time during the weekdays to just hang out. He had to quit his part time job because working even one shift during the week was too much. But, he has had semesters that weren't so intensive, and would have time to hang out some. I think as long as they keep up with their responsibilities, some after school hanging out is fine, but if they have an abundance of free time, maybe they should find something better to do with their time like an extracurricular.
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Registered: 02-25-2002
Thu, 11-15-2007 - 10:51am

We live a few miles from town in a rural area, so *hangin* is a planned activity...sometimes I let them walk from school to the village to hang out with their friends. They usually end up at an eatery or someone's house. For the most

 

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Registered: 11-28-1999
Thu, 11-15-2007 - 3:44pm

I assume that your DS is coming home for dinner most nights and then does his homework after dinner?

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Registered: 10-31-2007
Thu, 11-15-2007 - 6:13pm

o.k. Hello Jen,


First let me tell you I have a 20 yr DS and no matter how old they get they need some responsibilities. How is he finding all that time to hang out? The rule in my house has and is homework get's done first. Ya might want to find out if he's doing his on a regular basis.


Hanging out sometimes is ok. why not? but to me if he can't ask his friends to come to his street or whatever then I would ask why?


Staying on top of things is a good thing. yes you have to trust them but we all know how close we are to our kids they or their friends are not the same as when they are in front of us.


If your radar is going off usually it's for a reason.


Having him hang out with family once in a while is fine. You might want to ask him if he wants one or two friends over on that night. Igrew up in a strict family we always had to be with family,me mysis and bro make it a point to make Sundays family day,It's great one day a week usually they can put up with that LoL


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Registered: 09-29-2004
Thu, 11-15-2007 - 6:15pm
Yea, my kid is like yours. He is always home, even on weekends.

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