Turn on every light in the house so he sees it as he approaches home.

Jun 1, 2024
6:47:58am

DirtyWater Intervention Needed

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Your child sneaks out. There're already gone. What's your play?

fattycoug

Jun 1, 1:20am

Lock doors and windows, put a note w/ blanket & pillow by the door. 😉

cougarmeister

Jun 1, 1:24am

Stage a murder scene with a bloody handprint at their reentry point.

Methusaleh22

Jun 1, 2:13am

Enthusiastically wake him up early the next morning

CouginCottonwood

Jun 1, 2:24am

It’s a great day to make them do yard work starting at 7 am.

Yllage Vidiot

Jun 1, 8:28am

Mom did this w/ brother a couple times. Knew he came home drunk really late so woke him up super early to go to a

Soupie

Jun 1, 11:24pm

Reminds me of when my parents caught my older bro sneaking out to see his GF

Soren Tversky

Jun 1, 3:15am

I prob would recommend against the surprise-them-in-bed-naked idea

zerome4sooners

Jun 1, 3:29am

Although that is the stuff legends are made of and the story would be passed

Coug98

Jun 1, 5:10am

Plus a lifetime of therapy bills.

coolblue

Jun 1, 6:12am

That’s the stuff Ashley Biden’s diary is made of.

Longseason

Jun 1, 6:34am

Maybe the best post I’ve seen all year 🙂

zerome4sooners

Jun 1, 2:24pm

Maybe do it dressed

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

Jun 1, 10:33am

How old?

Chester Copperpot

Jun 1, 5:23am

That sucks…let him know you love him…that you are worried about him.

Cthack1

Jun 1, 5:27am

This is probably best

Blue2thebone

Jun 1, 9:08am

Sleep in their bed.

EDthoracotomy

Jun 1, 5:59am

Leave for a really cool vacation while they are gone

Ojiisan

Jun 1, 6:03am

Drive around until you find him

Conan

Jun 1, 6:35am

That's what Richie Cunningham's father did when him and Potsie snuck out.

Fightgar

Jun 1, 6:38am

Uncle Buck 😉

JupiterJones

Jun 1, 8:23am

Turn on every light in the house so he sees it as he approaches home.

DirtyWater

Jun 1, 6:47am

Just go sit in his room, but be prepared to lose tons of sleep. His age is a big

BYU I Bleed Blue

Jun 1, 6:51am

I'd take it as him choosing to enroll in his own personal bootcamp with me as his instructor and wake his butt

mokelembembe

Jun 1, 7:21am

Did it work?

Courtimedes

Jun 1, 7:29am

And made me hate exercise

runnincoug

Jun 1, 7:31am

Yeah, we were all pretty well behaved. I think the key counter balance was that we didn't really have spoken rules

mokelembembe

Jun 1, 7:56am

Some thoughts… depends on how worried you are and kids age

NYC and Japan

Jun 1, 8:09am

Hide Apple tags in his car so you don’t lose track of him again

Magneto

Jun 1, 8:10am

If he has an i-Phone it will notify him of the airtag.

1manwolfpack

Jun 1, 8:25am

My friend's story: came home late after drinking on a hot summer night . . .

85fan

Jun 1, 8:12am

That's awful. Punching your kid in the face?

jacobugath

Jun 1, 8:19am

Not as awful as some of the effects of underage drinking.

Nagurski

Jun 1, 8:24am

Most of the effects of drinking are not worse than a father punching their kid in the face. That’s just stupid. You

Blue2thebone

Jun 1, 9:06am

Well, I grew up with three kids who died as a result of underage drinking. So

Nagurski

Jun 1, 10:56am

We all grew up with 3 or more kids who died from underage drinking. Death is

Blue2thebone

Jun 1, 6:37pm

Angry garment dad can’t be underestimated. Especially if they are the mesh ones

Ojiisan

Jun 1, 9:32am

My dad was the mesh onesie style.

OverratedHumor

Jun 1, 11:29am

Maybe withhold punching him in the face though. Go for the old-school whipping

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

Jun 1, 10:37am

I would have waited until he came home and hid in his closet with a clown mask

Nagurski

Jun 1, 8:23am

Really depends on the kid.

Dr MoBYU

Jun 1, 8:56am

Been there. Done that. One time? Major talk. Multiple times? Cell phone gone.

TrueBlue67

Jun 1, 9:20am

Is your wife still in denial of her errors?

Dr MoBYU

Jun 1, 9:22am

Ex-wife... but, yes, she's in COMPETE denial.

TrueBlue67

Jun 1, 10:00am

Ask them what they did who they did it with where they went and if they had fun

kiyoshige

Jun 1, 9:36am

If kid is doing jail worthy things and other consequences don’t work, jail or

NYC and Japan

Jun 1, 10:08am

I always snuck out a window so my dad would lock the window, bring in any hidden

misterpepper

Jun 1, 10:08am

We had a widow in our ward when I was growing up who had seven sons.

lurKing5000

Jun 1, 10:16am

Don’t mess with mama bear! Dude!

Robert Baratheon

Jun 1, 11:39am

This is tough. We had one that snuck out a lot. We tried everything you can

cougarim

Jun 1, 10:28am

wish my parents had taken this kind of approach with my younger sister.

qwerew

Jun 1, 10:43am

One thing that kept me out of trouble was not wanting to break my parents trust.

Robert Baratheon

Jun 1, 11:42am

Here's something I would definitely do.

VenomFarmer

Jun 1, 11:35am

RE: Your child sneaks out. There're already gone. What's your play?

greatbam

Jun 1, 5:34pm

A co-worker told his kids if they ever did this, the dad or mom

hitechcpa

Jun 2, 7:25am

I friend if mine used to do that and the pain of turning around got really hard.

TailgateU

Jun 2, 8:20am

None of us know your situation — and we don’t know your relationship with your

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