DS1 is in his final year at school (Oz so different system) and has exams that count for 20% of his final marks in a few weeks. Unfortunately for him they start on his 18th birthday and , probably worse, he has two really difficult papers the day after. He has a break after four days, with no more exams for five days.
I have told him that I will totally support his right to party, buy the beer etc. if he waits until after the fourth exam (underage drinking isn't the norm here so going to buy your first legal case of beer at the bottle shop is a big deal). I've told him he can party for two days before getting his head stuck right back into his books again. He's not the kind of student where exams come easy and I think it's a fair compromise. He's grumbling a bit but I think he sees where I'm coming from - just wondering whether the MN jury think I'm being reasonable or not. I realise it's a bit controlling but after 14 years of dragging a dyslexic kid through school we are all quite relieved to see the end in sight. We would either all go out for dinner (with his girlfriend coming too) on his actual birthday or if he really can't bear that I'm happy to pay for them to go alone so we are not ignoring the actual day.