<p>As noted above in this thread, my daughter was not too happy about me driving her group to Dayglow and back. There was a large contingent of kids from her high school going and most of them were spending the night at a hotel on Miami Beach. Her dad and I nixed that idea straight off. The next point in question was the time they would leave. The event goes until 4:00am, not going to happen for my kid! We settled on 1:30am, so that would put them driving on I-95 until 3:30am, again not going to happen. So if she wanted to go, she had to agree to me driving them down there, leaving the event by 1:30 and being driven home by mom. I spoke to the mother of the other girl, who was in complete agreement with us. The boy, a teammate of my daughter, had planned to spend the night with the other kids, but he didn’t have a way to get down there, no room in the other vehicles. His dad didn’t really care whether he stayed or not, but he chose to come home with us. They had a blast at the event and while I am sure they would have rather not had me as their chauffeur, that was the deal if they wanted to go.</p>
<p>Peacefulmom—a Dayglow event should not be confused with a conventional concert.</p>
<p>It would have to take a really amazing opportunity for me to consider staying up until the next morning in order to be my daughters chauffeur.</p>
<p>A paint party wouldn’t meet that criteria.
;)</p>
<p>As long as they are my dependents, I have the final decision, unless i make the choice to allow them to make the decision, which I have before as when the youngest chose her high school.
My oldest was in a graduating class of 18. While they had a parent sponsored celebration, after that her friends were going to a classmates parents cabin,without the parents, but with their blessing.
She was 18 as were most of the other kids but I told her she couldn’t go, she wasn’t really that disappointed IMO.</p>
<p>Lol, definitely wasn’t an amazing opportunity! My daughter was a 3 sport athlete in high school and at the top of her class, so she rarely had time to do much in the way of “partying”. If she had a mute button and less expensive taste, she would be a near perfect kid! And she never really asked to do too much, but she really wanted to go, obviously bad enough that she agreed to let me chauffeur not only her, but her friends! And it was a fun night for me also, I got to spend some quality time with a dear friend that I don’t get to see very often. We had a great time together and I was grateful for our time together. It was also a great learning experience for my daughter, we talked a lot about the event and the things she witnessed. Although I was exhausted the next day, I don’t regret it one bit!</p>
<p>Dayglow looks calm - this week the college kids are all talking about foam barstool. they spray foam all over the audience instead of paint - looked much more rowdy than dayglow!</p>
<p>Didn’t read the whole thread but get sunglasses from the dollar store (paint in eyes).</p>
<p>Plastic ziploc bags for phones.</p>
<p>I asked my 20yo daughter if she ever had been to a Dayglow event to which she replied no, she wasn’t interested. Without prompting, she said there is a lot of Ecstasy at these events. I asked if she felt it was safe for a “Straight Edge” 17 year old teenager. She replied, no teenager is “Straight Edge” but thought it would be safe to go.</p>
<p>What did she mean by “no teenager is straight Edge?” Certainly there are many teens that don’t drink/do drugs. (Not a clueless mom here; my kids are well into their 20s, and I pretty much know when they started drinking – both in college–and that they have friends who don’t and never did. It’s certainly possible.</p>
<p>I was texting with her so I am not sure exactly what she meant. I interpreted it to mean that some kids are not extreme partiers, but that most kids in high school have experimented once or twice. Not really sure, though.</p>
<p>My son will go to parties, but often times wears a shirt that proclaims himself to be “straight edge.” His high school is starting random drug testing this year. When I asked him if they were going to test the cross country team, he replied, “Mom! We’re cross country runners.” He really believes that his body is sacred, but not sacred enough to avoid some paint;)</p>
<p>Son and his friends really enjoyed Day Glow last night. He said it was like a huge high school dance, only they told everyone they were in college (little white lie). We covered the car seats with plastic, which was smart, because there was plenty of paint all over the vehicle. It came off the seatbelts and steering wheel, and washed out of some clothing items.</p>
<p>I am so glad your son and his friends had a good time!</p>
<p>as a “rave kid” I can tell you dayglow(Now Life In Color) parties are Nothing compared to an underground rave, availability and selection of drugs is almost 0, theyre basically a college concert with neon semi washable paint, and if youre worried about a childs rare possible MDMA use, don’t be. European Union as well as Canada are considering decriminalization, as studies done showing how bad it is for you were done at 20mg of drug/1 Kg of test subject, but studies done at recreational use levels of just under 2mg/KG have shown no long term damage or neurotoxcity, sorry if i bumped a super old thread btw.</p>