We did our first Open Day with DD2 yesterday. It ended up with a huge row, and she is consequently grounded for a month. We haven't actually decided what that means yet, but her leash will be considerably shortened! We've never had to do that sort of thing before. Although she hasn't really done anything that is unusual for a teen, she wasted her and our time, prioritised getting back to see friends over getting the most out of the day, and topped it off by taking her personal safety for granted, very late at night in a risky place that she should not have been in on her own, after we said we didn't think she should really go out at all!
We think she understands though. Sporting activities are cancelled for this week, and next week's open days have been rejigged so that she does only one with me, and not the additional one she had hoped to do with DD1. She will do the other later with either DH or myself too.
We have never had to be particularly firm with any of the DDs, and DH hardly slept last night worrying about it. The thing is, she is very sweet and so gets away with just about anything by deploying a winning smile or a wobbly lip. She is currently writing a timetable for the next open day, minute by minute and highlighted...she even came to me to check she had not missed anything. I do hope she has learnt a lesson.
Blimmin' teenagers!