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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 119208" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I have 3 grown kids, 2 living at home and one who comes to visit. None of them...even Cory...stays out past "reasonable" without letting us know he is going to without discussing it first. Its just being respectful because they know I have that "off in a ditch someplace" syndrome. </p><p></p><p>I dont put a true curfew on my boys at home but they know Dad goes to sleep early and they know I cant sleep until they are in the house or I know they wont be coming home. This is never a problem with Billy but Cory has been known to want to stay out later so he will tell us he is going to be coming home late a few times. I am still aware of when he comes in because I dont sleep well that night but at least he lets us know. </p><p></p><p>There is something to the fact that when kids move out of the home you dont have their day to day lives right in front of you anymore. I had to learn to separate worrying about my son's health and safety every moment of every day the minute he entered boot camp or I would go crazy. It was out of my hands. I had to learn to trust that he would be fine and make the right decisions. If something went wrong I would hear about it soon enough. That is the truth for all of us with grown kids. We love them, we raise them, and we send them out into the world to carry on. We always will worry but its a different type than a constant one like when they live in home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 119208, member: 1514"] I have 3 grown kids, 2 living at home and one who comes to visit. None of them...even Cory...stays out past "reasonable" without letting us know he is going to without discussing it first. Its just being respectful because they know I have that "off in a ditch someplace" syndrome. I dont put a true curfew on my boys at home but they know Dad goes to sleep early and they know I cant sleep until they are in the house or I know they wont be coming home. This is never a problem with Billy but Cory has been known to want to stay out later so he will tell us he is going to be coming home late a few times. I am still aware of when he comes in because I dont sleep well that night but at least he lets us know. There is something to the fact that when kids move out of the home you dont have their day to day lives right in front of you anymore. I had to learn to separate worrying about my son's health and safety every moment of every day the minute he entered boot camp or I would go crazy. It was out of my hands. I had to learn to trust that he would be fine and make the right decisions. If something went wrong I would hear about it soon enough. That is the truth for all of us with grown kids. We love them, we raise them, and we send them out into the world to carry on. We always will worry but its a different type than a constant one like when they live in home. [/QUOTE]
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