How old was your teenager when you stopped waiting up for them?

[MrsMingech]

Just wondering.

It's hard work staying up late to see they get home in one piece!

I wait up for my almost 16 year old and he waits up for me.

Unfortunately, I can't switch it off. DD is 19, when DS is home from university, I still do it🥴

I wait up for my 16yo. I don't wait up for my 19yo. But there's also personalities to consider- 19yo is quiet and sensible. 16yo is outgoing and a risk taker.

Dc is 18, I stopped waiting up at around 17 but he's very good at texting me to let me know when he expects to be home then texts me again when he gets in.

I used to find it hard to properly sleep until he was home but I've got used to it now and he is pretty sensible (so far)!

Ok. So just as DS1 is old enough, DS2 will be going out.

I didn't think of this when I left a 4 year age gap....

I'm 34 and my dad still waits up for me if I'm in my home town for a couple of days.

17/18
Although I didn't sleep soundly until I heard her come home.

I still wait up for my 26 year old daughter - but that's through habit, more than anything else, as she's had a few very dodgy relationships over the years and has severe MH issues, so I like to know she's safe/in one piece/not been assaulted/had her drink spiked (the latter two being experiences over the last 5 years, sadly). She's moving out in a few weeks, though, so her boyfriend gets the task of worrying about her whereabouts (which is going to be a shock for him, because he doesn't know she has a mental illness... and is prone to risky behaviour/impulse control).

My 17 year old son I also wait up for, but for entirely different reasons. He's started hanging out with a group of lads who're very into the "let's cut someone" mentality (and who deal drugs, according to my son). I figure that I'd rather be awake if the police knock on the door, than dragged out of medicated slumber to deal with his stupidity. Plus, he went missing over the New Year period for a weekend, with an underage girl who later tried to claim that she was pregnant by him - luckily she wasn't, but... That damaged any trust I had in him, somewhat, so until he earns it back, he has a 12am curfew and a mother who will not only wait up for him, but call to remind him of why he has that curfew!

Not sure I ever have past 16 yrs old.

He's not one to go clubbing (although he has) he's pretty sensible really. I leave the hall light on which he turns off.. so when I wake in the night I know if he is in or not.

I never have.
I mean, obviously unless I arranged to collect them from somewhere, them being out has never prevented me getting into bed.

25

My son is 20 and I still wait up for him - I can't sleep if he's not in