18th birthday suggestions?

lealdragon
Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:43:54 +0000

Well he goes to concerts anyway, so it wouldn’t be a new thing. But usually it’s a problem finding a friend who has $$ to go, so if I paid for the friend too, that might be a nice treat. If there are any good ones around the time of the birthday, that is.

I’m posting this on the homeschooling forum because I’m wondering if other parents of homeschooled teens have run into the problem of their friends getting into the party scene. It’s always been a challenge keeping an active social life being homeschooled, but I hadn’t really expected this problem.

I remember the kind of high school parties I went to in high school, and that is one aspect of high school social life I’m glad my son does not want to be a part of.

He’s been to a few parties like that. What had started out just hanging out & playing video games or D&D devolved into drinking and pot smoking. My son said he was the only one sober. He didn’t so much mind that, but the ‘friends’ did not seem to be able to handle him not partaking in their activities. There was a loss of bonding. That’s one reason he is looking forward to college - maybe there will be SOME straightedge people there. I’m sure there are SOME here in SA, but how to find them?