Getting Your Teen Son Ready For A Sleep Over.

Teenage boys are not the most diligent people. Generally speaking, they tend to be forgetful, and are easily distracted. As you son is preparing to spend the night with a friend, he may overlook many things. Luckily, he has mindful parents that provide patient reminders.

It is amazing the number of times that he can leave to stay all night somewhere and not once think about taking his sleepwear or toothbrush. You would think he would get uncomfortable sleeping in his clothes. How awful his breath will be in the morning! It is a small wonder that he has friends left afterwards! These are essential items.

How could he possibly think about something as silly as pajamas? He has his takamine acoustic guitar to tune and pay attention to. They do not plan on sleeping anyway. They will be up all night practicing and writing songs and you are worrying for nothing, he tells you. You stop to pity the other boy's parents for a moment, and then quickly offer to speed up the packing process for him.

Be considerate and send soda pop with him. It is amazing how much a small group of teenage boys can consume in a single night. The burden of providing it all should not just fall on one family, but should be shared. Sending along the pop, and possibly even a bag of chips, can be one of the kindest things you can do.

Send along an extra ten dollars so that he is able to chip in for the inevitable midnight pizza delivery. Boys staying up all night can get hungry at odd hours. They are why the pizza place is still delivering at that hour in the first place. Be sure to remind him that tipping the delivery person is not optional, they depend on those tips. Drive the point home by pointing out that he may soon be looking for a part time job.

What could a group of teenage boys want with women's brown boots? You are not sure but you just found some that he had added to the small overnight bag. After some careful deliberation, you decide that you do not really want know what the boots are for.

The preparation would not be complete if you did not annoy him with questions. Where will he be? Who will he be with? Whose parents will be there? When will he be back? And so on. He'll thank you for it later.