Comments on: Be home by dark http://www.valmg.com/index.php/2008/be-home-by-dark/ I know EVERYTHING - just ask my hubby. Sun, 20 May 2012 23:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: corrin http://www.valmg.com/index.php/2008/be-home-by-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-6360 corrin Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:20:58 +0000 http://www.valmg.com/index.php/2008/be-home-by-dark/#comment-6360 We didn't live in a neighborhood (we were out in the country) so we weren't allowed to play outside much if unsupervised, so there was no "be home by dark" rule. corrins last blog post..<a href="http://corrinrenee.com/2008/12/09/cake-wrecks-with-my-name/" rel="nofollow">Cake Wrecks - with my name!</a> We didn’t live in a neighborhood (we were out in the country) so we weren’t allowed to play outside much if unsupervised, so there was no “be home by dark” rule.

corrins last blog post..Cake Wrecks – with my name!

]]> By: zija http://www.valmg.com/index.php/2008/be-home-by-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-6240 zija Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:26:04 +0000 http://www.valmg.com/index.php/2008/be-home-by-dark/#comment-6240 Ahhh yes the "Be home before dark" rule. I have missed many great things in my youth due to that rule! I now have an 11 yr old and I'm definitely enforcing the rule. Ahhh yes the “Be home before dark” rule. I have missed many great things in my youth due to that rule! I now have an 11 yr old and I’m definitely enforcing the rule.

]]> By: jond (Graco Blogger) http://www.valmg.com/index.php/2008/be-home-by-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-6175 jond (Graco Blogger) Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:41:20 +0000 http://www.valmg.com/index.php/2008/be-home-by-dark/#comment-6175 Wow! My son just turned 14 on the 30th. We've had the same tussle with him - he wants to stay out past dark, sees no problem skateboarding and hanging out outside after dark. Plus he wears mostly dark (black) colored clothes. Argh! We told him the rule was "when the street lights come on - you come in" To give him a time was useless, to judge how dark is dark was a recurring debate, so we used the streetlights as a guide. Plus we do what Rose mentioned above pointing out news about bad situations. He's not happy about it, and doesn't always abide by it. But at least we've eliminated all his possible debates about time or darkness. Lights on? Not home very shortly thereafter = consequences. Good luck! Wow! My son just turned 14 on the 30th. We’ve had the same tussle with him – he wants to stay out past dark, sees no problem skateboarding and hanging out outside after dark. Plus he wears mostly dark (black) colored clothes. Argh!
We told him the rule was “when the street lights come on – you come in” To give him a time was useless, to judge how dark is dark was a recurring debate, so we used the streetlights as a guide. Plus we do what Rose mentioned above pointing out news about bad situations.
He’s not happy about it, and doesn’t always abide by it. But at least we’ve eliminated all his possible debates about time or darkness. Lights on? Not home very shortly thereafter = consequences.
Good luck!

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