General Discussion

and R and R.

We worked ours out so that summer, school holidays, vacations and Friday and Saturday curfews were:
Freshman year was 10:30
Sophomore year was 11
Junior year was 11:30
Senior year was 12 midnight

However there were exceptions anytime. If they were going to a concert or a school dance or a cast party they could certainly negotiate. As long as they are responsible, I give/gave them leeway.

If they are going to be late, I simply ask that they call and give me a reasonable excuse.

Once they were in college, my only rule was that they called by midnight and told me whether they were going to be home that night or when they thought they'd be home. A simple courtesy call like you'd do for any adult you were "staying" with. Its terrifying to wake up at 3 am to pee, check on your kids and find someone's missing. Its just common courtesy to let your "hosts" (even if its your parents) know when to expect you home.

Course I have a troubled 15 year old whose trying to be good so I'm giving her the leeway on curfew times with the same rules as her older sister but I also have her phone GPS tracked (she gets her drivers license in a couple of months and her car is already rigged to track that too).