I LOVE MY FAMILY
Michelle,
To avoid cross talking and misunderstanding, I am writing this to put our expectations regarding your weekends in writing. Amy and I discussed this and we agreed to the following in the interest of your health, safety, social life, participation in the family and reasonable expectations regarding homework. Some of this you have heard before, but I just want to get it down in writing.
It is OK to sleep at a girlfriend's home either Friday or Saturday night, but not both nights. We want you to be at the place you are sleeping no later than 10:30 PM, 11:00 PM at the latest, and we want you to call us when you get there. You don't have to sleep out every weekend, but if you do, the above pertains.
Some time between Friday evening and Saturday evening we would like you to spend three hours at home cleaning your room and organizing your life in other ways and doing laundry as necessary before 10:30 PM. This could mean from 7:30 until 10:30 PM on Friday or any three-hour period on Saturday.
Sunday we expect you to work on homework and complete it before 10:30 PM so that you can get sufficient rest. If you sleep out Saturday night, we would expect you home by noon on Sunday and then you would also have to do three hours of homework either Friday evening or some time on Saturday in addition to the cleaning mentioned above.
As time permits and as we can schedule it, we would like to do at least one family activity over the weekend, and we ask that you adjust your schedule accordingly. Next weekend, for example, we are going to Grammy's on Saturday for dinner. I am sure that it would be OK for you to invite a friend to come with you on such occasions. In addition, as you may know, Robbie has an active sports schedule -- soccer every Saturday morning and baseball weekday afternoons and sometimes on Sundays. It would be nice if we could attend one or two of his games as a family. Then, of course, you have our plays coming up.
I hope this sounds reasonable to you and that we can work together to make it happen for your sake and for ours and that we can continue to keep open communications and dialogue. Thanks for reading this. Quiz in the morning (smile).
Dad
To avoid cross talking and misunderstanding, I am writing this to put our expectations regarding your weekends in writing. Amy and I discussed this and we agreed to the following in the interest of your health, safety, social life, participation in the family and reasonable expectations regarding homework. Some of this you have heard before, but I just want to get it down in writing.
It is OK to sleep at a girlfriend's home either Friday or Saturday night, but not both nights. We want you to be at the place you are sleeping no later than 10:30 PM, 11:00 PM at the latest, and we want you to call us when you get there. You don't have to sleep out every weekend, but if you do, the above pertains.
Some time between Friday evening and Saturday evening we would like you to spend three hours at home cleaning your room and organizing your life in other ways and doing laundry as necessary before 10:30 PM. This could mean from 7:30 until 10:30 PM on Friday or any three-hour period on Saturday.
Sunday we expect you to work on homework and complete it before 10:30 PM so that you can get sufficient rest. If you sleep out Saturday night, we would expect you home by noon on Sunday and then you would also have to do three hours of homework either Friday evening or some time on Saturday in addition to the cleaning mentioned above.
As time permits and as we can schedule it, we would like to do at least one family activity over the weekend, and we ask that you adjust your schedule accordingly. Next weekend, for example, we are going to Grammy's on Saturday for dinner. I am sure that it would be OK for you to invite a friend to come with you on such occasions. In addition, as you may know, Robbie has an active sports schedule -- soccer every Saturday morning and baseball weekday afternoons and sometimes on Sundays. It would be nice if we could attend one or two of his games as a family. Then, of course, you have our plays coming up.
I hope this sounds reasonable to you and that we can work together to make it happen for your sake and for ours and that we can continue to keep open communications and dialogue. Thanks for reading this. Quiz in the morning (smile).
Dad