What time will your 15 year old (yr10) stay out until during the summer holidays especially when the weather is warm and dry?

[WeatherToday]

Our son finished school today and he's gone to the park with about 20 others from his year, boys and girls.
We're trying to get him home now at 10ish but more in the hope that he'll actually be in the house by 11 ... they've had a tough year.
Is that too late or too early ... We're in a relatively safe suburb of London.

I mean, when I was 15 I was staying out till 2/3 am ( with groups of people in the local park) but saying that times were actually different back then. My mum trusted me and because of the lack of information and shit on the Internet she didn’t have much to worry about. I too grew up in london. I think if there’s many of them they could possibly stay out a bit longer. Safety in numbers and all.

You only finish school once OP, that said is your DC post GCSE or post A levels? If post GCSE I'd be going with midnight, they're in a group, have a mobile and need to let off some steam. If they're generally sensible and trustworthy then giving them a little extra time and space is definitely the best way to go 👍🏼

@7catsisnotenough
He's doing his GCSE's next year

I would say midnight

I think i was 11.30 back 20 years ago

DS is 14 just finished year 9. He is out until about 9:30/10 most nights so I would say 11 is fine now and again but I wouldn't allow it every night.

Depends how much you trust his friends?

It's not so much about time but what you think they could be up to and whether he is with kids who would look out for him.

I sound really boring now...I have a 15 yo dd (only just turned 15 so maybe that makes a difference but also just finished Year 10)...no way would I let her out until 11pm just hanging around somewhere. I'd want her home before dark unless she was at someone's house or at the cinema etc.

Sorry @WeatherToday , I misread your post. I would still say that midnight is reasonable if he has a mobile and is with friends. Sometimes we have to step back a little bit outside of our comfort zone and let the kids take responsibility for themselves. I'd go with midnight with the caveat that if he's late (barring a phone call about a verifiable zombie apocalypse) then he's not going to be given the leeway next time. Good luck, it's a really difficult time when they're almost-not-quite-grown-up-semi-adults!

It's not the being out id be worried about but how he's going to get home. It's very dark and late to be walking alone.