Tonight Justin went to the school variety show with two friends. I was hesitant to let him go with only his friends and no parental supervision and wondered if I should buy a ticket for myself as well. In the end I stayed home and decided he was old enough to go without me. BIG MISTAKE!
Before he left I gave him money to buy a snack at intermission. I found out that not only did he buy one snack, but he bought three candy bars with the money and ate them all!
Now that he was so sugered out and hyper, only havic could follow. The show ended early and they boys had to wait ten minutes for the mom to pick them up during which time they ended up fighting about some nonsense.
During the car ride home the fighting continued and they started hitting each other. When they arrived home, the mom walked Justin in the house and then all of the sudden Justin ran back to the car because the kid was making an obsene gesture to him out the car window, and more fighting ensued.
One boy slapped Justin in the face and when he came in there was a handprint on his face for about twenty minutes! There was all sorts of screaming and yelling in my driveway between the boys fighting and Walter, I and the other mom telling them to stop.
So the answer to the question what age can a kit go to an event without parental supervision - well for my kid it's not 11 1/2 that's for sure. I won't let him go to any events without me again this year. Maybe we will try again next year.
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2 comments:
Wow, this should be an interesting site to read. I put you in my favorites. You are a very good writer! I guess Justin is not ready to be on his own yet. Maybe he will be ready by next year. Funny story!
Brenda
Thank you for your compliment on my writing ability!
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