When my oldest was 13, he snuck out of the house one night. We were woke up at 1am by a call from the local police. They found my son riding his bike at the plaza in town!
Has anyone experienced their teenagers sneaking out?
What kind of punishment did you give them?

My son was grounded for a month! No friends, no phone, no computer, and absolutely no bike. He had to sleep upstairs with us (his bedroom then was in the basement).

Now that he is 20, he says he never snuck out after that one time. I wonder if he actually is telling us the truth.

My kids have not reached that age yet but I believe you've given him the appropriate punishment for his actions. Teenagers need to know that it is not acceptable to just sneak out anytime they feel like it and it should be made very clear to them where to draw the line.

my son is still so young. I never imagine him snucking out in the middle of the night. but if this ever happen, there will be punishment for this. it is not accepted. they should know their limitation.

I was always sneaking out when I was young. My mother treated me very badly though, so that was my excuse. She threatened me constantly that she was going to take me out of school and I was forced to stay home and babysit my younger siblings from the age of about 12-18. Luckily, I left on my 18th bday without turning back.

But ya, I would feel TERRIBLE if I had a kid and they were sneaking out. I would love to let them be open with me and tell me how they're feeling. I would make the rules WITH them.

lol- too funny. I snuck out of the house when I was a teenager. Not until I was a senior in high school though.

My daughter is 13 (almost) and she hasn't tried to sneak out yet. We live in the country and there are no other kids close by. I'm thinking if she sneaks out she will wait until she is old enough to drive.

Well, that might be a little awkward though - she will have to be very quiet with the car engine to not to wake you guys up, lol!

I used to sneak out all the time. I honestly think a teen is more likely to sneak out if they feel they're parent is too controlling and they don't have enough freedom

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I snuck out one time. Me and a friend of mine who was spending the night. We didn`t go far. It was just the excitement of doing it. I did sneak my now hubby in once too. We were only 16. I didn`t marry him until 2001. I don`t know that my kids have snuck out from my house but my 18 yr old did when he spent the night at another friends house. Of course I didn`t know about it until he turned 18 lol. My husbands daughter used to sneak out and sneak guys in. He nailed her window shut lol.

We live in the country too. He decided to get his bike out and take a ride down to town.

I never thought my kids would be the kind that sneak out~ guess I wasn't very realistic.

I've never snuck out. But I have been thinking about it. I was locked in my house last year, by my parents, they hid all knives, pencils, pens, communication based electronics, pills, and food (I was not allowed to eat meals unless they were watching me.) This was all a result of me trying to get myself help. (I had gotten overly depressed and tried to kill myself.) My parents did not know I tried, until I went to a councilor for help. When they were told this, by her, they had me sent to a mental institution, for two weeks. I came back and was not allowed to call or talk to anyone. My parents were in the process of trying to send me to a nine month facility in Reno, when I decided enough was enough. I ran away. Got to Seattle, stayed with some friends and called my parents on a blocked phone, so I could tell them I was okay and why I had left. When I got a hold of my mother she informed me my father was trying to call the police on her for housing me even though I was no where near her house. I felt that it was not right for my mother to have this done to her because of me, so I called the police and had the bring me home. It became worse after that. So I moved out and in with a friend of mine (with legal allowance.) Later I had to move form the and in to my mothers. After having a dictionary thrown at my head, I jumped out a two story window and walked to the town my father and boyfriend live in. Here it is exactly a year since being sent to a mental institution and I'm back where I began. Living in my father's basement. Though I am going to school for journalism, I am legally not an adult yet, and my parents have full control over my life still. I have been contemplating sneaking out, because my parents have wrongly grounded me and even when I am not grounded I am only allowed to see the guy I have been dating, for nine months, once a week, for five hours. The unjust grounding is said to be do to my falling behind in school work. I have never had good grades until this year (because my boyfriend is helping me with it), and am overloading on classes. I am gaining 1-3 credits a month. Most people get 4.5 credits in half a year. But because I am not exactly on schedule, I am being punished. Part of me wants to not do any work and tell them to screw off, but another part of me really wishes to finally succeed at something in my life. I wish to see my boyfriend more, and don't wish to break rules but I feel I should have the right to see him much more than this. I also really don't find my trying really hard in school and falling behind because I like my wok to be of good quality, something to be punished for, When ever I wish to talk to my parents about this I cant get them to listen to me long enough to get my point across, let alone convince them of it. I try not to point fingers at them, but its difficult when they don't give me much of a choice. I don't want to get in trouble for sneaking out, but I feel unjustly punished and miss my boyfriend, I just don't know what to do. Any opinions?