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s/o Senior week
Did you go to senior week? Is this a "thing" everywhere? If you went to high school outside of MD and went to a senior week, where did you go?
If you had a teenager graduating from high school, would you allow them to go to senior week? Would you pay for it?
Re: s/o Senior week
Ha - I was just wondering if this was a thing other places too.
I went to senior week, I think my parents paid for it as a graduation gift. At the time it seemed like so much money, but it was probably ~200 for my share. It was really fun and I had a blast with my friends. I even got sick and it was fun.
Assuming my kid was generally responsible and had normal friends, I'd let them go. I would probably pay for it or part of it.
I went to Senior Week in Ocean City Maryland. I had a job, so I paid for it.
Then I went to Cancun the following week for Senior Week Part 2. I also paid for that.
Like Kathryn said, assuming my hypothetical child was responsible and had their own money to spend, I'd let them go. All my friends with parents who were super protective went INSANE once they finally went to college. I even know one person who dropped out of school without telling their parents while the parents continued to pay tuition. You can imagine how that ended.
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I went to senior week but we went to the Outer Banks. It was FABULOUS. I paid for my own. We had a group of like 12 and we rented a house.
I would like my son go to senior week. Why not? I went, I might suggest they don't go to OC but if he did I would be ok with that too. I wouldn't help him pay for it though. Maybe give him a "grad gift" and if he wanted to use the money to use it for that. I had to pay for my own or I couldn't go. Who knows...I might change my mind depending on what kind of person he turns out to be
I went to high school in NJ, and we didn't have a senior week. We were less than an hour from OC, NJ though, so we would go down the shore or to six flags great adventure on senior skip day. We had a senior class trip instead of senior week. Our class voted to go to Busch Gardens/Williamsburg, which was fun (I would have preferred Disney World, like the class before us though).
I've hear such horrible things about seniors week--it's all drinking, etc. I guess it would depend on my kid, but I'm not sure that I would let my kids go. I can only base this on how much of a terror I was in high school, and I wouldn't have allowed me to go!
Is senior week really just all drinking?
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I went to Senior Week in OC with some friends. My grandparents were really strict, so I was really shocked that they let me go period. I can't remember if they paid or if I paid. I did have a job, so I'm sure I paid for most of the trip.
Edit: Most likely I would let DD go too. Although hopefully she is not like her Dad, when he went all he did was get drunk, he got kicked out the first day and then had to find a place to stay each night, but I'm sure she won't be like him.
IDK if I would let my kids go. If they did OC I would not pay for it. I would try to take them some place else. Like a cruise or other vacay, which I would pay for and take a friend or two.
I went, my mom was nice enough to pay for half. Although it's weird at our HS we always called it Beach Week, although it was primarily for seniors (although there were always a few underclassmen that snuck down). Crazy crazy week, for some reason some of my strongest memories involve Corona and Oreo's, I think that was our primary meal while we were there.
I would let DS go, I know what goes on there, but you can't shield them from that stuff forever. Besides he will most likely be going away to college at the end of the summer, and it's not like you can control what they do there. I would pay for part of it.
I went to OC and it was INSANE. I can't believe half the things I did that I would NEVER do now. But it was fun and I was fine. I went with a bunch of girls and we stayed a few streets from a whole bunch of our friends. I can't remember where I slept some nights (though I was always with friends and safe).
My parents pay? HA! They didn't pay for anything when I was 18, much less a trip to Senior Week. I paid for everything and took a paid vacation from my grocery store job so I actually made money that week.
I have no idea if I would let my kid go--on one hand, I did a lot of crazy stuff. On the other hand, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. We have a lot of memories that my friends who weren't allowed to go missed out on.
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I went and loved every minute of it...all 3 years! My friend's grandparents have a condo down there so we started going junior year with our senior friends and had a blast each year. For our own senior week, we had so many people we knew who just randomly showed up because they knew we were down there and since they were all older, they helped replenish our alcohol. We wrecked havoc on our bodies...I definitely couldn't keep up with my 18 year old self now! We didn't have to pay for a place but each time we chipped in and got her grandparents gift certificates to a restaurant. I've worked since I was 14 though so any money I spent was my own.
I would totally let my kid go. I want future offspring to experience as much as possible when their young and can do it. This "adult-no-time-to-breath" life stinks!
I didn't go. I was a totally unhappy teenager, didn't have a core group of friends, etc. If I'd wanted to go, I would have had to pay for it myself - my parents would not have paid.
I really hate how easy it is for kids to drink, especially at Senior Week, so I don't know how I'll feel when Mia's a teenager. My gut reaction is "no!" but my opinion may change when the time comes.
ETA: There's no way I'd let Mia go as an underclassman. No.Way. I went to OC the summer after my junior year with a group of friends, but we were staying in a condo with one of my friend's parents. If that were the case and I felt like I could trust the friend's parents to actually chaperone the kids, I would be okay with it.
My highschool besties family always went to OC the 3rd week of June, so I often went with them. Her parents were super strict, and we were both shy, so we didn't really do anything except go to the beach.
I don't know if I would let DD do Senior week, but I am l am leaning more towards no. I have heard WAY too many stories of crazy stuff. I hope that my daughter would be smarter than that, but its the "other" people I wouldn't trust.
In college one of my roommates slipped stuff into my drink thinking it would be "funny" to see me like that. And this was someone that was my friend. I can't imagine what a stranger might do.
Yes, I went. It's not a thing everywhere. H didnt do it and he's from NJ. They all did go to the beach the weekend of prom though. I have a lot of friends who did not do anything similar to this (from tennessee, texas, chicago, etc.) BUT I did know a lot of people in college who didn't do "senior week" but did a huge trip after HS graduation (um one went and stayed at a house in the south of france for a month.) So I guess that was kind of their upscale version of senior week ha.
Yes, I would allow my teenager to go to senior week - but it might depend on the teenager. My parents paid for my brother and I (spending money was on us, but they paid for our share of the condo) but my older brother went straight to boy scout camp for the summer as a counselor and it wasn't really an issue.
I'd obviously be concerned over the binge drinking but hopefully I would teach my child to be somewhat responsible about it and to stay around friends etc.
ETA: I went to "senior week" as a junior as well but that was totally different - no drinking, just four girls, we just hung out and cooked and went to the beach and watched tv lol. I loved it. My mom was super paranoid about that but I basically bullied my way into it, and then when it was fine she had no issues with senior week for me.
I did not grow up in Maryland and there was no such thing as a "senior week" where I'm from. A lot of kids did separate "senior trips" with friends to various parts of the country though. My parents had just moved to Maryland (I finished my senior year of h.s. in Alaska) and so my two BFFs and I used their house as kind of a base and went to West Virginia (to visit a friend), Boston, and NYC. We didn't drink at all (we didn't start drinking until college) or do anything crazy, but it was really fun. My and one of the girls paid for about 90% of the trip ourselves, and the other girl had hers paid for by her parents.
I'm not sure about senior week here...we won't be living here then so it is kind of a mute point, but if we were, it would depend on the kid. If they were responsible and I trusted them/their friends, probably and I'd probably pay for some of it. My parents let my brother (now 22) go but didn't pay for any of it. He spent the entire week completely wasted and lost his virginity. lol. My other brother (now 20) wanted to go on a cruise w/ his friends and some of their parents so my parents paid for a lot of that, and then he went to OC for a couple of days that he paid for.
yes, I went. I had moved away for my senior year but I came up with my friend from GA and we rented a place in OC with my MD friends for Senior Week. Honestly it was one of the most fun times of my life. Probably because it was the first time I ever went somewhere and stayed without adult supervision. It was kind of a big deal and a steppingstone to going away for college.
I don't remember who paid. I did have a part time job so I know I paid for at least some of it, but my dad probably gave me some $ toward it too. Our place really wasn't that much money.
I cringe when I remember the things like all-day drinking and bong hits that were going on in our house, but no one got hurt or arrested. I'm not ready to think about DS being a teenager yet
Yes, I went. We had 7 girls staying in the upstairs condo, and 6 guys staying in the downstairs condo (my DH included). My best friend's at-the-time bf "shared" a bedroom with DH, and best friend and "shared" a bedroom so we could have privacy with the boys. Funny thing was though, one of the other b*tchy girls we hadin our friends group kept stealing the bedroom with her boyfriend (who was not included in the group of boys staying downstairs at all). Luckily my grandparents have a place at the beach and they gave me their key, in case I wanted to go there to shower, for personal space, or to sleep with a few of my girlfriends to get away from the craziness. DH and I slept there a lot actually because our room kept freaking getting stolen. We took 2 or 3 friends a few times and it wasn't a big deal.
The week was pretty fun overall. I never really drank before senior week, and I think one night I had 2 shots and DH had to literally pick me up off the floor. I am such a lightweight. We did drink a lot over the course of the week but I would say on the whole it was nothing too crazy out of control, and we had a ton of fun. One night we got crabs as a big group and 2 or 3 times we went out to restaurants in big groups for dinner and I remember that being fun too. Went to a lot of parties at our other friends' places... we never hosted a party at our complex though.
I would definitely let my kids go. I think it's an important experience, almost like a rite of passage, for MD teenagers. I know my parents paid for at least my share of the condo, and I'd do the same for my kids.
We didn't have Senior Week in PA. We did have a senior skip day, but I think I went to school anyway. I didn't have a car and I lived in a place that you HAD to have a car to get anywhere. My friends didn't have cars either.
I'm not sure whether I will let DD go or not. Probably not, though. It's not that I don't trust her, but I don't trust other people.
Where I grew up we didn't have such a thing. My friends and I took a long weekend at the end of our summer before college but it was just girls, was to a sorta low key mountain off season ski resort and we paid for it ourselves. We weren't troublemakers anyway to begin with. We were too busy working during the summers to get in that much trouble or to go away for that long. I seriously doubt that my parents would have let me go to OC for a week if we were from here.
Hell to the NO I am not allowing my children to go to OC for "senior week". DH and I already decided that if she/he wants to go on a trip with friends they can use some of our Disney timeshare points and go there with a small group of same sex friends. They can't get into a whole lot of trouble at Disney
Yep I went and paid for it. It was a blast and super fun!! I did some crazy stuff...
Would I let me kids? Of course.... by that age I should have some kind of trust in them. I know I had been drinking and going to parties for years. If I can't trust my kid at senior week, how will I ever trust him in college? Like someone mentioned, it was a stepping stone.
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Did you go to senior week? Yes - Ocean City for a week and we had a senior trip to Cancun
If you had a teenager graduating from high school, would you allow them to go to senior week? Yes, assuming they had a successful school year and were adhering to the rules.
Would you pay for it?Yes - my parents paid for me.
I'm of the opinion, when you are a teenager, you can get into a whole lot of trouble ANYWHERE when you are with a bunch of friends. Looking back I'm surprised how easy it was to get alcohol when we were underage, and we worked most summers too, we just went to work with pretty bad hangovers
Yes, I went to OC, MD. I got a job at the beginning of my senior year of high school primarily so I would have money at the end for a prom dress, a limo and Senior Week.
I will let my kids go at the end of high school so they can celebrate, as long as they have been relatively responsible up to that point. Chances are they will be 18 by then anyway. I may or may not help them pay for it.
I did - I grew up in south central PA and went to OCMD for senior week w/a bunch of girlfriends. We had a ton of fun and steered well clear of any trouble.
Ehh, at this point, I'd probably say that yes, I'd let my child go... but really, the decision is going to come down to each individual child and his/her personality/behavior/etc. DH didn't go to senior week, but he also didn't really care to, and was too busy w/baseball at the time to worry about it, so he's on the "no" side. I'm sure if we allowed a child to go, we'd pay for at least housing, etc. - I remember my parents paid for that for me.
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I went. My parents basically couldn't say no, as they had already told me that they went when they graduated, lol. I definitely paid for myself.
I'd let my kids go, after many, many talks about the dangers of binge drinking and partying. But I plan on having those talks throughout high school/college years anyway.
I went and had an amazing time!! I we stayed in a condo with about 5 girls. We all were on the same block as a lot of our high school. We had parties almost everynight! I think OC was a little bit more laid back then. Now if cops see more than 5 people outside, they break it up. My parents paid for it and I probably would too.
I would def let my future child go. Why not? I mean like someone else said, they can get into trouble anywhere. My parents were very open with me regrading drinking, going out and things like that. I never got too crazy. Now I did have friends whose parents never let them do anything and sadly one died in college from alcohol overdose b/c she went nuts being on her own. It's a think line, but if you and your child have open communication and trust, I don't see it being a bad thing.