jazzdog Posted August 27, 2007 #1 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Looking for some advice on curfews. I have been scouring the Camp Carnival Capers that have been posted, and it looks like most of the late night activities end around 12:30 or so. I have an 11 year old son and a 13 year old daughter. They will be in different groups. I'm just wondering if anyone has some advice for curfews. My initial thoughts were as soon as the Camp Carnival acitivty is over then they need to be back, but is this the norm? I'm trying to head off any arguments ahead of time about this subject. I am also leaning towards starting off with more rules/curfews and see how they handle themselves, then easing up as the week goes by. Any thoughts or advice for this age group? They don't have curfews at home because they are not yet allowed "out" without parental supervision. This whole area is new to all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbers Posted August 27, 2007 #2 Share Posted August 27, 2007 You already know that your children are too young to be on their own; that's why you don't allow them to roam around at home. Why should a ship be any different? Meet them after the programmed activities are over and take them to your cabin. Staying up late to enjoy the ship's activities is a nice treat for them, but they are too young to be responsible for their own behavior or safety at sea, just as they are at home. Don't leave your good parenting instincts at the port! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
askfrog Posted August 27, 2007 #3 Share Posted August 27, 2007 My DS and DD will be 14 and 12 on our next cruise and I don't feel comfortable with them being able to check themselves in and out of camp carnival by themselves. I also don't think they need to be up until 12:30, With how busy they will be during the day. Is there a way I can make it so they can't check themselves out? I don't want them going around the ship by themselves. Maybe I'm being over protective, but like the old saying " Better to be safe than sorry. " Our cruise isn't for another 16mths so maybe I will feel differantly than, but I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusinmama06 Posted August 27, 2007 #4 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I have the 12-14 year old activities schedule in front of me and on this it looks like MOST of the activities are done by midnight. After midnight are things like "teen hang" and "late night movie" The scary thing on the paper it says "There is never a obligation to stay at the activity, you can come and go freely. You can even stop in just to say HI. So it looks like you can give permission or deny permission to check themselves out to the 9-11 group but not the 12-14 group? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell36 Posted August 27, 2007 #5 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I know that you can deny permission to check in/out for the 9-11 yr old group. Seems like the only way you can make your 12+ yr old stay there is if you make it a rule that they stay there - or there would be some repricussion. On our last family cruise our 9 yr old stayed out late for the Haloween party - all the other nights we picked her up by 10pm. Our next cruise she will be in the 12+ age group (unless husband surprises me with one earlier) and we will be facing the same things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzdog Posted August 28, 2007 Author #6 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I don't have any intentions of letting them roam around at all hours of the night. We will have walkie talkies, and both will be required to inform me if they plan to leave a Camp Carnival sponsored event. My real question here is whether those of you who have kids in these age groups find that most kids stay and do these late night events, or if the kids find them boring. I don't mind them staying out late if they are actively doing something. But if it's just to "hang" then I'm not ok with that. Hopefully once I get onboard and get a better feel for how Camp Carnival is run, then I will be better able to navigate this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting_Cruiser Posted August 28, 2007 #7 Share Posted August 28, 2007 jazzdog, we just got home Friday night from our Alaska cruise with our 12-year-old DD. Don't expect much supervision from Camp Carnival for that age group. There is only one counselor for the 12-14 age group (DD thought she was great, BTW!). DD is very responsible and follows our rules/guidelines pretty much to the letter. We set a midnight curfew for her (she said most of her friends in the group also had midnight curfews) and also required that she call us around 10 p.m. each evening and check in. She called us whenever she was leaving Club 02 (the teen hang out) and was never allowed to "roam around" by herself. She was really good about always letting us know where she was. From what DD said, the kids really enjoyed hanging out in Club 02. Adults aren't allowed (except the counselors for the 12-14 and 15+ groups, of course), so that's probably one of the reasons the kids did seem to like to hang out there. We've had lots of talks about safety--both at home and on vacation/cruises--and DD takes it seriously. That's something I'm very thankful for! Best wishes, Jayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC_fn Posted August 28, 2007 #8 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I am also leaning towards starting off with more rules/curfews and see how they handle themselves, then easing up as the week goes by. Very smart. It's alot easier to loosen up on the rules than it is to tighten them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelectSys Posted August 28, 2007 #9 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Looking for some advice on curfews. I have been scouring the Camp Carnival Capers that have been posted, and it looks like most of the late night activities end around 12:30 or so. ... They don't have curfews at home because they are not yet allowed "out" without parental supervision. This whole area is new to all of us. Like you, our 14 year old daughter and 12 year old son are not out unescorted at night at home. This summer's cruise was somewhat of an advanced warning of things to come in that on many nights our kids came back to the room after us. It brought back high school memories of coming home on Friday and Saturday nights and checking in with my parents. Time goes but way too quickly! In any event, we set their curfew to coincide with end of the kids activities on the ship. On the Navigator of the Seas this was at 1:00 AM. We were OK with this as our kids had been on 5 previous cruises and all of us are familiar with ship board travel. They know what we expect of them in terms of behavior and to check in on a regular basis. Perhaps we are too permisive, but I didn't feel our kids abused our trust and the cruise ship provides a controlled environment in which the kids can explore what it is like to have a bit more freedom. BTW - some of the time the kids were just "hanging out" in their respective club area. Note that on our ship, the "tweens" were separated from the older kids in terms of club rooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzdog Posted August 31, 2007 Author #10 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Perfect!! Your answers were just what I was looking for. I figured that there wouldn't be too much supervision in the 12-14 yr group, if there was, then I'm sure the kids would find somewhere else to hang out. I'll be sure to post how things went for us when I return, as I am sure I am not the only Mom out here wondering about this. Again, thanks for the reassurance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abitaturbodog Posted September 1, 2007 #11 Share Posted September 1, 2007 I would have the kids come back to the cabin right after the last activity session. Your kids will be tired (although they probably won't admit it!) and need to get their sleep. Your days will be busy and you don't want them to get run down...and vunerable to a funky virus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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