Do You Wait Up For Your Teenagers Or, If You Are A Teenager, Do You Parents Wait

Hey wachit14, in my family if the children want to come back late, my parents will give the house key so that they are not disturbed. My parents do not see any point of waiting for their children as most of them are old enough to take care of themselves. That's how it is in my world.

Yup, I wait up on my children when they are out. I have always done this with all four of my children. The only time I did not wait up on them was when they went to the prom and went to something called 'project prom.' At this function they were literally locked inside the school with the teachers after prom until 6 AM. The school called at 6 AM to say that they were putting your child on the road and to be watching for them. Games, food and fun were offered all night for the kids. It was a great alternative to private parties after prom. When my kids were out I would always wait up, even if it was quietly in my bedroom until I heard the front door open. I would go to say goodnight and see that they went to their room. Often they would want to discuss some of the night's happenings and other times they just wanted to go to bed. Either way, I was there.

I have 2 grandkids that live with me. They are 19 and 21. They both work until 100 at night. i do usually wait up for them because you never know what can happen to them so if they are late then i know it's time to do something. They both have cell phones and call if they are going to be later than usual. I do feel more comfortable when they get home.

I don't remember my parents waiting up for me, but I think sometimes my mom was awake anyway. Our three teens are all old enough to be out on their own. I just ask them to let me know if they are staying at a friends or planning to come home. Even our 19 yr. old pretty much tells us, even though we just expect him to stay out all night, which he usually does. I usually can go to sleep unless I know for sure one of them is coming home late and then I just can not sleep, not that I try one way or the other. It's just a mom thing I think. They don't even usually come in to see if I am awake. Just after I hear them come in and go to bed I can relax and sleep.

I have not reached that point with my kids yet, as my oldest is 12, but I fear that I will soon be experiencing that. I am pretty sure that I will wait up for my kids if they are out with friends. My Mom waited up until I was about 19, even then she would still worry, she would go to sleep, but would wake up and check the clock, I would usually come home around the same time, so she did not usually worry unless it was significantly later than that.

hmmm...i somehow missed this setting and i cant even remember when was the last time my mom or anybody in our family waited at night for me to come home... i am living independtly for quite sometime now and they just see me weekends and sometimes i dont even come home on weekends...when i knock late at night everyone seems so surprise to see me even our dogs,...lols

my mom did the same for me and i will do the same for my daughter when she is old enough to drive. currently (at 15) we still have to drive her pretty much every where she goes, but soon that will change too!

I don't wait up for my daughter but I don't have to as she has a 10 p.m. curfew during the week and 11 p.m. on weekends. She is 17 and doesn't always like this but these are the rules that are set at this time and she does abide by them. She is very mature and I would allow her more freedom but my husband is very over protective and doesn't let her do a lot of stuff that I think she should do. This week the county fair is in and he was mad at her last night because she said that she wanted to go more than two nights. I don't know what it matters as long as she is home on time and isn't into trouble.

I have a sixteen year old son, luckily he does not go out very often now. But when he went through a stage of going out with friends a lot then I would always wait up for him, I don't know why but I just know that I would not have been able to sleep if I had gone to bed. Not until I knew he was safely back at home anyway.

They try and show they dont wait up, but i know they do. I guess they try and hide it because like your son, i also tell them to go to bed and it is not wise staying up and waiting. So, they are usually in bed when i get back home .. but as i enter them one of them 'accidently' wakes up to drink water, or for food.. lol. I dont say anythin, coz i know they do this coz they care and its hard for them to go to sleep with knowin i am safe and all .. Have a nice day.

i didn't always wait up but i knew when they got home. if i was up it was usually because they were late & that was a no no at my house. i was a single mom so i had to stay w/them on what they were doing otr not doing. of course now that they are grown i hear tales of things they did that i knew nothing about, thank heavens...lol

I always wait up for my son. I call him on his cell to make sure he is alright when it gets to late. I can not sleep if he is out with friends or at some school activity until he is home. I think most parents are concerned where and when there kids are coming home.

My mom waited for me evrytime i went home late. When i will be a mom soon i think i will also wait for my kid to come because i want to make sure that he/she is home. but i will make a curfew because i will not wait til morning.

oh glad my kids are grown.. yes i used to wait up for both kids, and just used worry more about my daughter then son. if they are out and i hear seirns i would call them to make sure they was alright. if i fell asleep i would tell them to wake me up and let me know they are home. or if they are out later i would call them. yeah i drove my kids nuts. even now since my daughter in her 20's not coming home she would call and let me know. or let me know when she got where she is going and she was leaving..

I wait up.

There are very few instances where I have been out late enough that everyone in the house would be asleep. If I know that I am going to be out late, I tell my parents, and sometimes arrange to spend the night with the person that I am going to be out late with. My parents to go sleep anyway, so they do not wait on me. But, I figure that they trust me enough to think that I will make the right decision, and trust the people that I am with enough that they will, too.

I do the same, my son is 18 already, and it makes no difference. I can't go to sleep until I see his truck outside in the driveway, or unless he calls and says he'll be late. He is very responsible, yet I still worry and watch, don't think you're crazy, just a loving parent.