A Serious Question

Alright, so let's say you have a daughter.

Here goes: One day you were washing and folding clothes, just mainly doing the everyday thing, cleaning or keeping the house in order. You put your son's clothing into his room and you leave it on his bed for him to put it away. Now it's your daughters turn, you walk into her room and the sun immediately shines in brightly, you leave her clothes on her bed, but just as you were about to leave, you see her muddy shoes right beside her bed. Then you look toward the window, there are muddy footprints there as well and you can see that the window was forced open.....you look down and you see footprints going out and coming back... what do you do? what would you do?

Tell me what you would do...

lmao no it's not me who sneaks out i was just wondering how other parents would handle things like that...

tsk tsk tsk... i see you've had some experience.. haha xP

hahaha.. my dad is pretty strict.. wait scratch that....VERRYY strict when it comes to me and boys... *sighs* It's hard..

I'm 18, I don't have a kid yet, but obviously if I did and my kid is 16, I have a problem. lol no really, the point is, I would do what any normal parent would do or should do is, set her down for a talk and ask her about is, just ask don't interrogate, every single parents have been a teen before, you should understand, and don't even pull the 'I didn't do that when I was your age card' it doesn't work anymore. The modern days are different from the prehistoric times, everyone knows that. Ask her about the sitch, oh and maybe do a bit of your homework and try to see if she even hangs out with lots of boys and are getting comfy before you come up with the conclu that she's, you know, that far up, or down..how ever you people want to say it. The point is, sit her down, talk to her, listen to her side of the story. If it seems plausible, talk about it to your friends or fellow gossip gurus, or basically your spouse. :) My parents didn't really care what I do and I'll admit I had a big slice of cheese, but a little understanding goes farther than you think it would.

Lol... I think you all think that I have a problem like that or that I have a child like that. First, no i am not the one sneaking out. 2nd, this was just a question my grampa asked me and so i decided to ask you guys what ya'll would do. Just some question. Anyway, Thatnk you for answering.. you all said the same exact thing i said to my gramps, i mean don't overeact and yell at her.. talk. ty again all!

I know i know.... thanks for reminding me Britt.... it's just so hard tho... i mean i do my best to listen to him but the guy problems just keep coming up! it won't go away.

uhmmm are the foot prints from your daughter... or like someone breaking in or something? but uhh yeah.. im a teenager and i think that maybe you should ask her why there are muddy foot prints on the carpet and stuffs and yeah take it from there...

Well, there's mud on her shoes so the footprints gotta be hers.. XP

Britt, as much as i don't want to admit it, but yeah, before i thought my dad would never ever understand these kinds of things, so i always went to my mom, but after getting into something ... pretty bad... then that's what got me closer to my dad. Yenno his counseling and all. And I agree with you because he does understand about these things, not giirl stuff but about guys stuff. :) Thanks again. you made me appreciate my dad even more. :)

I think you should brainwash her not to sneak out anymore. You can borrow my brainwashing device if you like.

Oh.. lol.. i don't have a daughter... this was just a question to make readers think and to just basically tell me what they would do if they were ever in such a situation like that. lol but brainwashing is a good idea too... haha

Hhhhmmm.
I'm going to admit something on this internet that I"d never tell my parents.

I live in Indiana...And, well, I basically drove all the way to Pennsylvania to meet my girlfriend. [Long distance relationship.]
Mark me, I had the perfect aliby, but it was amazing; it happened last October and I'm not dead! I'm pretty sure they've know idea. =]

Sorry, I just wanted to boast... I love the fact that I went so far for the one I love; I'd do anything for her.
Well, this is awkward now... I'm going to go..

xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex

Wow... that is sooo sweeet!

well since I`m a mother I would probably tell her some really scary(but true) horror stories about what can happen to young girls out there alone at night a night of fun can easily turn into a nightmare,then I`m with Bob I`d kick her butt to prove how much I loved her.

hahahahaha...

Communicate with her, ask and listen and give advice where needed. Open the communication lines so she can feel like she can ask you to go out that she has no need to sneak arounnd.

I mean it wasn't that long ago we were teenagers right and what was the worst thing in the world? our parents, especially when they treated us like kids because we know what was best for ourselves right? LoL :o)

Shes the same, typical in a sense. Just talk to her but let her know shes not in trouble the last thing you want to do is push her further away when shes already sneaking around behind your back.