Finishing year 13 in 2017

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Hi all. Keep in touch with uni offers, new jobs, gap years, exams, etc. We can get through his

Mine has no interest in clubbing... she doesn't like crowds, or excessive noise, and barely drinks. Though its just occurred to me we may have a first next week - a few friends all over 18 coming for a sleepover so should I ask if they want a bit of drink as well as pizza?

Errol when DD's 18 yr old friends came over, one of them brought a bottle of wine. I think they all chipped in £1 each or something.

Oh dear, your DD's all sound much more sensible than mine

Although she is putting in a lot of work ATM - after getting up earlier than she does for school yesterday in order to bag a seat in the library, she got up early again today to go into school for a 4 hour revision session. and will be doing so again tomorrow

BTM my dd didn't even get up in time to get to her first lesson before it started. Probably because she was out late with friends last night watching films revising.

HSM My DD is late to school just about every day! But it's "only" tutor so it doesn't matter apparently!

Ah yes. Dd has missed most of her tutor sessions this term. They are about unimportant things like student finance, confirming offers, getting grants, applying for jobs, etc etc, so not important at all .

Mine gets up at 10am in the holidays.But seems to work late into the night.Last night practised the Double bass at 11pm.Good thing the two boys are in the attic.
Have to fit a double bass ,me and two kids in the car tonight.Dd2 at just 11 is too young to be left for the evening with ds1.Can't find a baby sitter and Dh is away.
Dd normally takes a bottle of Cava/Prosecco to parties.Some friends like Malibu,some don't drink.Some get very drunk at parties.

DD generally takes a bottle of Echo Falls or a quarter bottle of vodka or both but I don't think there will be many parties till after the exams now.

DS is getting up at 9am each day and cracking on with revision without me nagging which is just as well as I have to nag DS2 to revise for his end of years (very early, I know). DS1 has decided he can have a couple of evenings off to meet up with his mates/gf over the holidays as he is less productive then - it all sounds very sensible and (almost) mature. I say almost because the meeting up bit is taking place in a pub but they went out last night and he was back home by 11.

DS tells me that you can buy 'proper' fake ID for about £50 which actually scans like real ID. However these are 'citizen cards' and he says the only people who have them are under 18 as all the over 18s just use their driving licences. Ironic really.

Errol, did you see Child of Our Time last night? The bit with the vomiting 16 year olds? Let them bring their own drinks if they want to but don't supply!

I watched Child Of Our Time last night ono. I actually found it a bit upsetting. Having seen it I definitely wouldn't be encouraging alcohol at parties for young people.
Ds is not a drinker and it left me wondering if this is the norm or am I just naïve and out of touch?
Never thought of myself as conservative before!

Oooh, thanks for the reminder about Child of Our Times. DS2 was at kindergarten with one of the girls in it, so when they were little every year there would be a camera crew filming for a day or so. It will be really interesting to see how they've all grown up.

Bebumba it is the norm round here and where friends live in various other cities, though maybe it's just in some circles?

It's really interesting watching Child of Our Time - how different some of them are to when they were very young!

Just got a form from student finance asking for copies of a million different documents. That's my evening planned for tomorrow then

I can't believe some families even manage to process all this paperwork!

I've loved following Child of our time through the years - fascinating stuff, especially as I have DD born in 1999 and DS born in 2001, so either side of the millennial children.

Am hoping we continue to hear about them throughout their lives, as happened with the very watchable 7 Up series.

On the drinking thing DD isn't interested at the moment, which is great. She's spent many a party nursing friends through their drunken stupours though which she hasn't found so fun. Seems young people possibly more likely to go to either extreme than we did in our day ( I think there are other non drinkers) I do worry about some of them though.

Juggling, snap 're 99 and 01 babies!
It's so interesting to see how much some of them have changed - Matthew for example. I didnt realise it was on last night too so have that to look forward to

I told DD it had been on and we're looking forward to watching it again together. Are there a series of programmes on this week?

I've never watched it, probably a bit late now.

I asked DD if she wanted any drink next week and, unsurprisingly, said 'absolutely not, we're all sensible'.

Errol, I've been very quiet on this thread, as dd used to be miss very sensible. Tonight she's going out to a girlie gathering with home made cornflake and mini egg cakes, and a bottle of vodka

You should give it a go Errol, I think it's fascinating, especially as ours are a very similar age.
And I can imagine they might well do some catching up with the Child of our Time children programmes in future years?

I really enjoyed watching the Child of our time updates on Monday and Tuesday.I even rewatched the 2013 update online prior to the latest one.I found it fascinating how the teenage personalities were so different to the child in certain cases.Also how transformational puberty is.Especially in the case of the girls and in the twins and triplets.I found it heartening that today's teenagers are far less likely to drink,smoke and have sex and increasing use of social media is not necessarily a bad thing.I would have liked an expansion of the theory that the things your brain are exposed to at 16 will have a long term affect.

The comment about the things you are exposed to at 16 having a lasting effect on brain development made me glad that my DS(15) is enjoying his music so much - plays trumpet and cornet in several bands. I'm sure that must be a good thing to be doing!

DD has had a couple of nice work experience/ summer projects come through for this summer. One a week of work experience at a Wildlife Park in Scotland, and the other possibility a couple of days doing zoology related projects at the Uni she's most hopeful of going to.
So that's all rather exciting and gives her something to look forward to for the summer.
Also I'm hoping I get to go with her, even if I have to do my own thing during the day.

Which part of Scotland Juggling?I love Scotland - there's some Scottish blood in me.We used to go to Loch Lomond and pre kids spent a New Year in a gorgeous hotel next to Loch Awe.Lucky you travelling with your dd.
Dd got all excited about some work experience overseas advertised in her school. Two weeks in a Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand.Little did we realise that they were asking for £2000 for this, not including flights.You would have to be very wealthy to even go.So I guess it will be calving on our local farm instead.

teta, have you thought about contacting an elephant sanctuary directly? We went to one in Kerala - perhaps there would be some way of doing some work experience?

It's at the Highland Wildlife Park teta and she's been given a free place on it, though we'll have to have a think about finding accommodation nearby.

The boys are up in the Highlands at the moment on a trip related to DH's work. Hopefully that will be an interesting week, especially for DS.