Dinner Dialogue: Addison Wants A Later Curfew
02/20/25 • 29 min
This topic came up at the end of our dinner time. Addison announced she wanted to talk about something. This is the usual in the Raymond Household. Important topics come up during our dinner time. I pulled out my phone and started the voice recorder.
She pitched us in making her curfew later...to 12:30 or sometimes to 1:00 am.
What are her reasons?
She wants to practice time management before she goes to college in a year and a half.
How do Mark and I respond?
We have similar responses however we do disagree in some parts of this. With that being said, curfew is a struggle for us because Addison does not always have a set plan of what her friends and her are doing. We do not want her driving all around town at night so how do we come up with an appropriate curfew time?
She has to have more of a solidified plan of what she is doing in order for us to be comfortable making her curfew later. And it depends on what is happening the next day as well.
Listen in as to what we decide.
Our goal is to make sure everyone is feeling good at the end of the conversation, to avoid anger and frustration, and to keep navigating JOY in our household.
Please share this with ONE person who you know will take value in this. Someone who has teens or will soon have teens and wants to hear how we navigate these conversations.
Please share with us your thoughts, ideas and feedback!
We all learn from each other as PARENTING IS HARD!!!
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This topic came up at the end of our dinner time. Addison announced she wanted to talk about something. This is the usual in the Raymond Household. Important topics come up during our dinner time. I pulled out my phone and started the voice recorder.
She pitched us in making her curfew later...to 12:30 or sometimes to 1:00 am.
What are her reasons?
She wants to practice time management before she goes to college in a year and a half.
How do Mark and I respond?
We have similar responses however we do disagree in some parts of this. With that being said, curfew is a struggle for us because Addison does not always have a set plan of what her friends and her are doing. We do not want her driving all around town at night so how do we come up with an appropriate curfew time?
She has to have more of a solidified plan of what she is doing in order for us to be comfortable making her curfew later. And it depends on what is happening the next day as well.
Listen in as to what we decide.
Our goal is to make sure everyone is feeling good at the end of the conversation, to avoid anger and frustration, and to keep navigating JOY in our household.
Please share this with ONE person who you know will take value in this. Someone who has teens or will soon have teens and wants to hear how we navigate these conversations.
Please share with us your thoughts, ideas and feedback!
We all learn from each other as PARENTING IS HARD!!!
Drive-A-Logue link: https://drivealogue.com/?sca_ref=4141865.xLTkWKLvJW Put NJT in the coupon box for a 20% discount!
Lauren's Book, My Dad Died From ALS and How I Found Joy 30 Years Later
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2J15M3Z
CONNECT WITH LAUREN AND HER FAMILY
Email: [email protected]
IG: https://www.instagram.com/laurensdailyjoy/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/lauren.g.raymond
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We even added some teen slang into the conversation to keep it fun and light.
Do you think there were some clear, good reasons as to why Hunter should get IG? Tell us why or why not and how have you navigated these conversations with your teens?
Drive-A-Logue link: https://drivealogue.com/?sca_ref=4141865.xLTkWKLvJW Put NJT in the coupon box for a 20% discount!
Lauren's Book, My Dad Died From ALS and How I Found Joy 30 Years Later
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2J15M3Z
CONNECT WITH LAUREN AND HER FAMILY
Email: [email protected]
IG: https://www.instagram.com/laurensdailyjoy/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/lauren.g.raymond
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Lauren's Book, My Dad Died From ALS and How I Found Joy 30 Years Later
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2J15M3Z
CONNECT WITH LAUREN AND HER FAMILY
Email: [email protected]
IG: https://www.instagram.com/laurensdailyjoy/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/lauren.g.raymond
Navigating Joy Together - Dinner Dialogue: Addison Wants A Later Curfew
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Hello and welcome to Navigating Joy Together. My name is Lauren and I'm here with my family. Mark. Addison. Hunter and our dog Onyx. Each episode you will hear about our experiences with Navigating Joy Together. Hello everybody and welcome back to Navigating Joy Together. Before we get to this week's episode I just wanted to give you a couple of reminders. If you are looking for a research based strategy
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