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It's not a surprise that LOC Creative Consultant Renée Fleming, barihunk Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Ryan Opera Center alumna Susanna Phillips, and the rest of the cast of A Streetcar Named Desire garnered rave reviews! But what did critics think of the design and Brad Dalton's inventive new "semi-staging," which included the Lyric Opera Orchestra onstage in place of full sets?
• "Kudos to Lyric Opera of Chicago, which is giving André Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire a four-performance run. Streetcar is a significant recent opera, and its inclusion contributes much to the tradition of programming new works in this house. While the production has been described in the press as semi-staged, the only elements absent were actual backdrops, whether painted or constructed. There were sufficient props, including tables, chairs, a bed, and other items—to create images of the Kowalski flat and the drama in one's mind. And since it was placed at the rear of the stage, the orchestra itself became part of the setting. The result gave the audience the opportunity to hear Previn's detailed score, and the layout appeared to give conductor Evan Rogister greater ability to interact with both the musicians and the principals." – James L. Zychowicz, Seen and Heard International
• "...This more ethereal, though fully costumed and acted production may be the most compelling way to present this three-act American tragedy." – Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun-Times
• "Fully costumed (excellently by Johann Stegmeir) and directed with great flair and imagination by Brad Dalton, the artful staging, though clearly minimalist with no sets, worked very well indeed, aided immensely by Duane Schuler's atmospheric lighting." – Lawrence A. Johnson, Chicago Classical Review
• "Director Dalton made a convincing, semi-abstract theater space out of the stage, using chairs, a table, a bed and Blanche's trunk as the main props, which a group of six cigarette-smoking hunks moved around to define the various scenes. Johann Stegmeir designed the costumes, including a succession of 1940s-style dresses for Fleming. The stage space, lit by Duane Schuler, became more and more surreal as Blanche's mind began to collapse and her ties to reality grew ever more tenuous." – John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune
All performances of Lyric's regular run of André Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire are currently sold out. However, Chicago audiences can still catch this stunning production at a special student night performance!
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The Grillmeister is always one of the most popular people at a summer bbq - turns out the same goes for a 4th of July parade float! As the lucky guy manning the grill on the resort's float this year, it was so cool to catch waves, cheers and hot dog requests from parade-goers along the entire route - from the top of Main St to City Park. And what a day it was for a parade!
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Park City Mountain Resort has always felt a special connection to the town it calls home - from watching our long-time season pass holders return year after year to hosting the Town Race series to watching local youth program participants grow up and compete at the highest levels of the sport. So when this year's "Hometown" parade theme was announced, we could not have been more excited to get to work on our float.
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A Jupiter Peak replica, featuring its own maunually-operated confetti fireworks show, was the float's centerpiece, with a mini wind turbine modeled after the real thing that debuted near the top of Motherlode lift last winter. Balloons, the grill, our very own Uncle Sam riding shotgun and some speakers thumping a playlist of USA-themed jams kept the crowd - one of the biggest many parade vets could ever recall - cheering and dancing all at the same time.
photo: Eric Hoffman/Park City Mountain Resort
We were also joined by a very special group who accompanied the float down the parade route: team members, families, long-time resort guests and even a couple of our mountain patrol rescue dog teams!
photo: Eric Hoffman/Park City Mountain Resort
Park City is our hometown and makes our mountain what it is - there's no "Park City Mountain Resort" without "Park City," after all. So a special thank you goes out to all of you who lined the parade route and celebrated a special day with us.
As for all those on-the-fly hot dog requests, I'm sorry I couldn't help all of you out. Hopefully you got your fill over at City Park.
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Both Scout.com and Rivals.com rank Toledo's 2012 recruiting class No. 2 in the MAC. A year ago, UT's recruiting class was ranked No. 1 by both services, and in 2010 Toledo's class was ranked No. 1 in the MAC by Rivals and No. 2 by Scout.
The Rockets added 31 new players to a team that went 9-4 in 2011, including a 42-41 victory over Air Force in the Military Bowl. Twelve of the Rockets' signees are ranked as either three-star or four-star recruits. The complete list of 31 players includes four preferred walk-ons who will not sign national letters of intent, as well as junior college punter Brad Dunavant, who signed an NLI last semester and is currently enrolled at UT.
Campbell, who assumed the UT head coaching position on Dec. 12 after three seasons as offensive coordinator, said this may be Toledo's best and deepest recruiting class in his time at UT.
"This recruiting class attacks every area of need on our football team," said Campbell, who made his debut as head coach in the Military Bowl. "I feel like our staff did a great job of finding quality young men with great character, a passion for the game and a commitment to excellence in the classroom.
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Is anyone else concerned we're very close to another tech bubble burst? It's normal that history repeats itself, but it usually happens with generations who don't remember the first time around. In Chicago, we don't have to look far to begin this conversation. A little more than a year ago Groupon was offered $6 billion from Google (an offer they turned down in order to go [&hellip... Read More
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YOU may be walking on chimp-like feet without knowing it. At least 1 in 13 of us have feet that are specially adapted for climbing trees.
Textbooks will tell you that the human foot is rigid, which allows more efficient walking. Other apes, in contrast, have flexible feet better suited to grasping branches as they move through the trees. But the textbooks are wrong, say Jeremy DeSilva and Simone Gill at Boston University.
The pair asked 400 adults to walk barefoot around the Boston Museum of Science while they filmed their feet. This revealed that 8 per cent of people have some mid-foot flexibility, rather like that seen in tree-dwelling apes (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, doi.org/mmh). In another, soon-to-be-published analysis, Robin Huw Crompton at the University of Liverpool, UK, found that a flexible mid-foot may be even more common than DeSilva and Gill suggest.
So what does a flexible foot look like? It bends at the ball of the foot, and also halfway between the heel and the ball. All human feet have a joint at this point – but in most of us, stiff ligaments span the joint and keep it rigid. In some people, however, the ligaments are softer, allowing the mid-foot to bend. Close-ups of flexible feet as they unroll during walking make the bend obvious, but DeSilva says their owners were not aware of anything unusual, nor was their gait any different. "I was, and continue to be, surprised by this," he says.
Crompton thinks flexible feet may have been with us since the dawn of our species, as a relic of our tree-dwelling days. Other features were lost along the way. Chimpanzees, for instance, have opposable toes for gripping.
On the strength of his study, Crompton believes most feet can produce this flexibility in specific circumstances, adding vital stability. "For instance, our work shows that it is important during a sudden change of speed."
DeSilva has another theory. He thinks flexible feet make walking less efficient – something he intends to test. This would have been a disadvantage once our ancestors left the trees. If so, he says, it is more likely the trait reappeared recently. "My guess is that we are getting more variation than ever before, perhaps because shoes have impacted foot anatomy."
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What can we do to return the planet to a safe and stable climate that civilizations have enjoyed for the last several thousand years? The record heat in March, which broke more than 15,000 records in the United States, gives this question a sense of urgency. Among the impediments stopping the U.S. and other countries from taking action to avoid unmanageable climate changes is the perception that it amounts to an act of unaffordable economic sacrifice, one bound to put us at a disadvantage. Recent climate research and policymaking, pioneered in part at UC San Diego, shows there is a way out.
So far, most of the policy focus has targeted the prime global-warming gas, carbon dioxide. But at least 40 percent of the current global warming is due to four other pollutants. Many regions, particularly California, have proven and successful technologies to reduce these pollutants quickly and dramatically. Such reductions could cut future warming by almost half and delay by several decades the peak warming that threatens disaster for the world's vulnerable peoples and places, including mountain glaciers, Arctic sea ice, and low-lying islands and coastlines. Cutting these pollutants will also save 2 million lives annually and prevent billions of dollars of crop damage. Yes, saving the climate system can also save our lives!
The four pollutants to address are methane, a gas that leaks from landfills and natural gas pipes; black-carbon particles in the exhaust of diesel trucks and the smoke from wood- and coal-burning cookstoves; noxious gases from tailpipes that produce ozone in smog; and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), man-made gases used in refrigerators, air conditioners and spray cans. Because these pollutants stay in the atmosphere only a short time, reducing them provides a payoff perceptible within a matter of months to a decade.
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One area to which they can contribute is the provision of energy-efficient and less-polluting cookstoves to the 2.7 billion people in the developing world who cannot afford fossil fuels and instead burn biomass such as firewood and dung. This act alone will cut down emissions of black carbon, ozone-producing gases, methane and carbon dioxide and thus slow the melting of Himalayan glaciers, in addition to saving lives and preventing crop damage every year in Asia and Africa.
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Program 336: Waters of Rome; Ferenc Mate at Sea; Outdoor France
Release Date: 08-24-2013
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From its ornate fountains, to a shrine for the Venus of the Sewers, the waters of Rome can provide you with a refreshing way to explore the ancient capitol of the world.
On this week's Travel with Rick Steves, we'll also hear how sailing the dangerous waters around Canada's Vancouver Island sets the scene for the first of the Dugger mystery novels from Ferenc Máté ( FAIR_ence MAH-tay ). And we explore getting some serious fresh air and exercise, in the great outdoors of France.
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- Francesca Caruso, tour guide based in Rome
- Gene Openshaw, co-author of Rick Steves' "Europe 101" art history book
- Ferenc Máté, vintner and author of the novels "Sea of Lost Dreams" (W. W. Norton) and "Ghost Sea" (Penguin)
- Virginie Moré, tour guide based in Brittany, France
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- Francesca Caruso's website includes her contact information.
- There was a shrine built to the "Venus of the Sewer" in the Roman Forum.
- The fourth-century Basilica di San Clemente in Rome is known for its 12th century mosaic, and its underground tour of a first century AD Roman street scene.
- Wikipedia has a list, with photos, of major fountains in Rome.
- There's a two-minute video trailer to Ferenc Máté's novel "Sea of Lost Dreams" on You Tube.
- Ferenc's book "Ghost Sea" takes place among the Kwakiutl people in the remote northern coast of Canada's Vancouver Island. Penguin Books includes an interview with Ferenc about the book on its website.
- Rick and Ferenc mention the Native masks and totem collections at the University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, and the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria.
- There are hundreds of designated "GR" footpaths for longer hikes in France. Many have accommodations along the way.
- The official website of the Tour-de-France bicycle race has an English language section for American visitors, and shows each year's route.
- In 2014, part of the route for the Tour-de-France will be in the UK.
- An online list of ski areas at Chamonix includes web cam views.
- Trip Advisor has user reviews of the Cirque de Gavarnie hiking route in the Pyrenees near Lourdes.
- Interested in options for a cycling trip that includes visits to wineries in France. (Nicole in Victoria, British Columbia)
- "My husband is an avid cyclist and has dreamed of riding a portion of the Tour de France for his 50th birthday in a few years. I know it changes each year. Any suggestions on a good 60-100 mile ride?" (Karen in Greenville, Texas)
- Asks about skiing locations in France. "I've skied four days in Chamonix, a week in Les Menuires and two weeks in Val D'Isere/Tignes, and loved it! Where's next for me?" (Paul in Kailua, Hawaii)
- "More visitors to southern France should consider hiking in the Pyrenees. We discovered the famous Cirques Calcaries de Gavarnie, Estaube et Tremouse during a stay in Lourdes last summer. We hired a wonderful local guide and joined a small group for a day excursion, and visited all three cirques in one day." (Ed in Sanford, Florida)
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- I Solisti Veneti, "'Largo' from 'Violin Concerto in D, op. 11, no. 1 (Vivaldi)," Relax with the Classics vol. 2: Adagio (collection) / LIND Institute
- NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, conductor, "The Fountains of Rome: The Villa Medici Fountain at Sunset (Respighi)," Italian Orchestral Music / RCA (1949 performance)
- Angela Gheorghiu, "Piacer d'amor (Johann Paul Martini)," My World / London
- Christopher Parkening, "'Fugue' from 'Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in E' (M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco)," The Great Recordings, disc 2 / EMI Classics
- * Tin Hat Trio, "Fire of Ada," Memory is an Elephant / Angel
- Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, cond., "New Hampshire Hornpipe (from the film 'On Golden Pond')," Sailing / Telarc
- Cha-das-ska-dum Which-ta-lum, "Terra," Arctic Refuge: A Gathering of Tribes (collection) / Soundings of the Planet
- The Women's Philharmonic Orchestra, Jo Ann Faletta, cond. with Gillian Benet, harp, "Concertino for Harp and Orchestra: Allegretto, (Garmaine Tailleferre)," The Women's Philharmonic: Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann / Koch International Classics
- Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Erich Kunzel, cond.), with Roger Williams, piano, "Ebb Tide," Sailing / Telarc
- David M. Patrick on the organ of Gloucester Cathedral, "'Impromptu' from 'Pieces des Fantasies, suite no. 3, op. 54 no. 2 (Louis Vierne)," French Organ Masterworks / ASV Living Era
- * Johnny Pearson and Orchestra, "Sleepy Shores (Playas Somnolientas)," Playas Somnolientas / EPSA Music (Argentina)
- F. Barcellini, "Chanson de Forains (from the Jacques Tati film 'Jour de Fête')," Music from the Films of Jacques Tati / Phillips-PolyGram (France)
- Dave Harris and the Powerhouse Five, "The Penguin," Cocktail Mix vol. 1: Bachelor's Guide to the Galaxy (collection) / Rhino
- Gotan Project, "Triptico," Buddha Bar, vol. III, disc 2 (collection) / George V Music (France)
- Raft, "Sea, Sun and Sensy," Madagascar / Universal
- Au P'tit Bonheur, "Le Vaurien," Le mal de vivre / Polydor (France)
- Laurent Voulzy, "Le Reve du pêcheur," Caché Derrière / Ariola-BMG France
- Josem, "John C Tutti Danse-image 2," Josem: 20 ans / (self-released) (France)
Dated References
- At 52:25, caller Paul mentions winter ski access at the high point of the Chamonix ski area.
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you capture our hearts
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this lot. your kingdom
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Program 336 Extra #1 - One more thought about the waters of Rome from Gene Openshaw, who suggests that the Trevi Fountain demonstrates how the modern infrastructure of Rome is based on its ancient water lines. And Francesca Caruso describes Rome's distinctive public drinking fountains. (runs 2:42)
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There are many ways to target passive candidates, but if you activate the power of your employer brand, you can become a magnet for the best talent.
Knowing the drivers of your target audience is key. Fulfilling their information needs and giving them an opportunity to gain a greater experience of your organisation will give you the advantage when they decide to move from passive to active candidates. Done properly, yours will be the only organisation they consider.
Your employer brand lives in the hearts and minds of employees present, past and future. It is their actions and words, not the advertising and marketing messages, which bring your employer brand to life. We've all heard it said that "employees are our greatest resource" – for targeting passive candidates they most definitely are. By developing peer-to-peer communication through your employees present and past, any corporate message is instantly personalised and validated.
As a starting point, I would focus on communicating the following about your organisation:
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The power and influence of your 'employees present' cannot be underestimated. Having them identify key talent to fill skills gaps internally not only tells you that these candidates have the ability to do the job but also are likely to have a good cultural fit. Your employee referral scheme shouldn't just be about reward but also be an ongoing conversation about the needs of the business with everyone understanding the goals they are working towards and what is needed to get there. Remember to support your employees recruitment efforts by giving them some messages and stories about your organisations.
- Quality of the work
Meaningful work is important. Knowing that you can make a difference and your efforts have an impact is an important driver for people wanting to build their careers. Developing thought leadership initiatives not only supports the corporate brand and business growth but also sends out a powerful message that your organisation is at the forefront of your field and your employees are at the top of their game. This can include at the simplest level a corporate blog for employees to communicate their ideas up to a speaker engagement program as conferences are a great way for passive candidates to engage with the work you do and the people who do it.
- A great working environment
How many words and how much time does it take to explain why your organisation is a great place to work? If a picture is worth a thousand words then how many more is a video worth? Any how many more are ten videos worth? Don't tell people, show them – Google has done this to great effect which maybe why we all talk about their employer brand as nirvana. Video has it all, the people they would work with, the working environment and that little something extra that is difficult to put into words – culture.
- Development opportunities
'Employees past' say as much about your organisation as those currently working there. When it comes to career development, you can tell candidates what you offer, but where your alumni have moved on to delivers an even more powerful message to 'employees future' about the impact of the development your organisation offers. Knowing how in demand your 'employees present' are is a great drawcard. What they say about their previous employer says a lot about the culture too. Your alumni engagement program can also drive referrals and even boomerangs as the grass isn't always greener. When engaging your alumni, it's important to ensure you add value as you would with any external stakeholder group as they don't work for you any more.
Remember, passive candidates aren't actively looking for a job so the traditional recruitment media isn't going to grab their attention. It's important to take your message to them. Social media has made it easier than ever before to engage passive candidates.
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We have four Langstroth hives in our backyard. Each hive consists of two deep supers (or boxes). Our plan is to expand up to a maximum of eight hives this year by splitting the hives we already have. We're hoping the population of all four hives will explode to fill three deeps per hive by sometime in June, and if that happens, I think we might be able to reach our goal of eight hives and still get a half decent honey harvest from at least two of the hives. We'd be happy with that.
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What do rotting honey bee corpses look like in the middle of February after being buried in snow for a couple months? This:
We had a heavy rain storm over the weekend that melted and washed away most of the snow and revealed the bottom entrances of the hives that have been buried for much of the new year. I knew I'd see more dead bees. The old-timers seem to fly outside the hive and die. Several hundred of them are scattered around the yard, little black dots everywhere on the crusty snow. Sometimes the dead are removed from the hive, but I get the impression corpse-removal becomes a lower priority in the dead of winter when it's hard enough just to stay alive. The bottom board of our one foundationless hive is nearly blocked with dead bees. Dead bees are accumulating in the other three hives, too, though not as bad.
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SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, Nov. 22, 2010 A proposal that would improve international cooperation among Western Hemisphere nations in disaster relief efforts received a strong endorsement from Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates here today.
In remarks during a plenary session of the Conference of the Defense Ministers of the Americas, Gates said the proposal resulted from extensive consultation and deliberation, including September workshops in Washington, D.C., and Lima, Peru. Lessons learned from relief operations in the wake of January's earthquake in Haiti informed the discussions, he added.
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There was a debate in another group about sex positive parenting and I was ridiculed about sex positive parents encourage their teens to have sex. To me there is a big difference between encouraging them and accepting the fact that they are having sex. I would never encourage my 16 yr old to have sex but when she did become active at 15 I did not want her to feel embarrassed or ashamed about it. I do allow her and her bf privacy while they are here and he does stay overnight in her bed on weekends. She is on bc and they do use spermicide so I do not worry about an unplanned pregnancy. Do you allow your teens and their partners privacy at your house? Do you allow sleepovers?
~~Do you allow your teens and their partners privacy at your house? Do you allow sleepovers?
Yes, and yes... Like you my daughter is 16 and came to me when she was 15 and told me she and her boyfriend were ready to have sex. I took her to Planned Parenthood for birth control. It may be hypocritical of me but I don't like him sleeping over at our place. She sleeps at his house every Saturday night and I pick her up on Sunday at 1:00. On the occasion that he's at our house I usually find errands I need to do anyway and tell them 'I'll be back at _____". They don't go to school together so they usually only see each other once or twice a week. Any more than that and her school work suffers.
In the beginning I stressed that the birth control responsibility was all on her. I used to do spot checks to make sure she'd taken that day's pill...but in a year and half she's never missed a day. I hear her 'bc alarm' go off every morning about 30 minutes after she gets up. She's very responsible about it.
I felt like I had no control over whether or not she had sex (unless I followed her around 24/7) but I did have some control over whether or not she used bc responsibly. I've known too many teens who were 'not allowed' to have sex and Surprise! got pregnant.
I will say that my stress level went down by A LOT once she was on birth control. Before that I didn't give them any privacy! If he came over they had to stay in the living room and even then I was always popping in. I didn't allow the sleepovers until she was 16 (age of consent in my state). His family is very nonchalant about the whole thing and the sleepovers are fine with them.
Well, yes and no. DD started dating her first/only boyfriend at 16. They've both just turned 17 and been together almost a year. We let him spend the night New Years Eve but they crashed in individual sleeping bags on the living room floor about 10 feet away from DS 13 and a couple of his friends. In that case, we were having a family party and we didn't want him at risk driving home in the middle of the night. We've taken the boyfriend on family camp-outs but he slept in his own tent. We really like him. We trust our DD. If and when they decide to move their relationship to that level is up to them. When DD decides she wants to go on the pill is between her and her doctor. As parents though, we're just not comfortable with him sleeping over any old time and sharing a bed with her. It's not a moral thing... it's an everyone in our house has the right to feel comfortable (including grandpa and daddy) and we're just not there yet. As for "privacy," we don't stress about them being alone together but we also don't alter our schedules to give them the house to themselves. DD's been pretty open about not being ready yet. It just seems to invasive an act to her. I've been surprised at how openly she's talked about it with me but I'm not complaining.
Oh, and I won't stop worrying about pregnancy until my kids are adults, settled and able to care for a child on their own. DD was conceived on two forms of BC and both DH and myself were accidents. Happy accidents they all were but there is no comfort zone in my mind. I want grand babies some day but I don't want to raise grand babies.
Married mom of two, DD 17 and DS 14.
Oh, I do have a question for Caliope and Gary'sWife... how does dad feel about this arrangement and is dad living in the home where sleep-overs are happening. It's just a curiousity as the only families we know that openly allows sleep-overs of this nature don't have dad's in the home.
Married mom of two, DD 17 and DS 14.
With my husband it was more of an evolving issue. For him it was great that he had sex as a teen but OMG not his little girl lol. In the beginning, he basically did not want to know anything about her relationship with her bf. He was much more comfortable putting his head in the sand at first. I did casually mention that I had put her on bc and one time he saw a box of condoms in the shopping bag and knew they weren't for us. Eventually he got to the point where he basically said Ok we can't stop her but I don't want to see it or hear it. After that we'd leave them alone at home if we went out or allow him over after school before we got home from work. Then it evolved into him staying over the first time and sleeping on the couch. Now they share her bed and my hub really just accepts it as a normal occurrence. He's come along way now and I think it's worked out for the best.
Very interesting discussion. I have a 14-year-old DD, and she does not have a BF yet, but is starting high school next year, so I have been mulling over issues like this. Two questions - Did you ever talk to your kids about the age of consent? Sounds like here the BFs are the same age (frankly, it came up & DD and I talked about it due to a dumb TV show where a HS junior was dating her twenty-something teacher). Also, did you speak with the BF's family about the sleepovers or do you consider that each family's decision to make for itself?
Mom "D" to DD1 "Z" (15) and DD2 "I" (12) DH "M"
I will say that my stress level went down by A LOT once she was on birth control. Before that I didn't give them any privacy! If he came over they had to stay in the living room and even then I was always popping in. I didn't allow the sleepovers until she was 16 (age of consent in my state). His family is very nonchalant about the whole thing and the sleepovers are fine with them.
Sorry, Caliope - Didn't process that you had said this before I posted. Seems like a reasonable approach to me.
Mom "D" to DD1 "Z" (15) and DD2 "I" (12) DH "M"
I agree with Caliope that once mine got on bc and I knew they were using condoms, the stress level went way down. I still do worry in the back of my mind but like our gyn said, using two forms of protection properly should prevent any mishaps. And by allowing them a safe place to have their privacy, the risks of rushing and being careless are minimized.
Yes and Yes.
Hubby and I have decided to not be overly restrictive of this with our kids, especially considering that we were teen parents, but we have always had some rules surrounding sleepovers & privacy. Our oldest 2 kind of did their own thing and thought it was "cool" to be able to have their GF's stay over, but they were never allowed sleepovers in their rooms until they were in a relationship with their GF for over a year, and they respected that. Now they are both young parents, but are taking responsiblity and raising their children with the mother of those children. Our 3rd has his GF sleepover periodically but he says he finds it weird to share a bed with her in our house, so they choose to not. The 3 of them have all been pretty open & honest with us about this kind of stuff. And now our daughter has turned 16 and we've discussed it with her, and if she wants a guy to sleepover she knows our rules. Thankfully, she says she's good. (haha) She said she sees what her dad & I went thru as young parents, and what 2 of her older brothers are going thru being young parents, and she's not ready for any of that. She does have a guy friend that comes over quite often, but if he stays over he stays in the guest room.
Hubby and I have purchased condoms for the boys, and BC for our daughter, and have been as open and approachable as we can be with them. We can only hope that they now choose to make the decision that is right for them.
When I was growing up I was told "don't have sex." It wasn't really something that my parents talked to me about other than telling me No don't do it. Well obviously I did have sex and I loved it, and I did a lot of sneaking around and consequently I had a lot of risky sex.
I now have 3 teenage daughters and I have raised them opposite to the way I was raised. I have taught them sex can be wonderful in a committed relationship and I've preached bc and condoms. I've never encouraged sexual activity but I understand how many teens are sexually active and I can accept the fact that they have sex. With mine I never set an age where I allowed sleepovers, it was based more on the seriousness of the relationship and their maturity. My only rule was that I wanted their partners parents to be aware that they were staying overnight and I did not want them sneaking around and lying to the other parents. All 3 of mine have had their bf's sleepover in their beds and all sets of parents knew about it and allowed it. I think it's part of teens growing up and learning about relationships both emotionally and physically With all my girls being on bc and knowing they all use condoms every time I do not worry too much about unwanted pregnancies (although they are all aware of the risks.) I do understand parents that do not allow this and I think it's up to each parent's comfort level what they will allow and what they won't allow. Letting teens sleep together is not for every parent but it has worked out great in our family and because of this all 3 of my girls are open and honest with me and know they can come to me with any issues or questions they have.
I say this only half-kiddingly, but when you let your teens have sex in the house it's a lot harder to get them to leave home when the time comes.
Last Monday night we had a parents forum at our church (a liberal non denominational church btw) and they had a child psychologist give a talk on teens and relationships. The gist of the
message was that teen love can be just as intense as adult love and that it's something to embrace and not try to shield your teens from. The speaker talked about allowing our teens to grow and experience love at their own pace and without boundaries and barriers being set up by parents. Obviously she stressed safe sex and protection but she said that having sex can be part of a healthy relationship and that us as parents should not freak out about it. She also said some teens are ready to have these type of relationships at 13 and some teens are not ready even at 18 and how it depends on the maturity and self esteem of the child. But she did say that she was talking about teens in serious relationships and was not advocating bed hopping or one night stands.
It was very interesting from the Q and A afterwards, how the parent group was divided. Some thought the lady was sending the wrong message and others thought she was right on target. However the entire meeting was handled very professionally. And although I've always been accepting of my 3 teens relationships it did give me some reassurance that allowing teens to have sex at home is a lot safer and more responsible than making them sneak around and hide it from me.
We allow sleepovers for our teens (2 boys...a girl who will be 13 in about 3 years). The boys have unrestricted sleepovers with their gf's and our girl will also be allowed when she becomes a teen.
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