How can I tell if my teenager is sneaking out?

Question

ahh you guys are horrible!!!!
horrible!
...!

but good....crap. i hope my parents don't find this.

Answer 1

i dusted the floor at the doors and windows, with flower, and busted mine like that. they cried foul, said i was cheating. i caught them gone one time, i was ready for them, i sprinkled itching powder on their bed while they was gone, told them if they had been in bed when they was supposed to be i would not have a chance to do it. i sneaked out a head of them one time and was standing there waiting for them to come out. they stopped doing it because they got scared of what i mite do next.

Answer 2

While the youngun is out put 1 or 2 pieces of clear tape on their window frame. If you check and the tape is broken or loose then they are sneaking. You can do the some on the doors, but a low cost alarm system with magnetic sensors will scream like a banshee if the door(s) are opened after hours. Or a 'nanny-cam hidden in the bedroom could be hooked to a recorder, but this has the possibility of opening a HUGE can of legal worms...if found.

Answer 3

If you have an alarm system at your house make sure the door chime is on. Set up surveillence cameras outside. Does (s)he have different sleeping habits (i.e. sleeping in later than usual) or act weird/different? Could be extra nice even cause of guilt but teenagers just act weird anyway. Get up in the middle of the night and check the bedroom to make sure (s)he's home and if (s)he did sneak out wait until (s)he get's home and have a very serious talk with your kid. Can't say there are any red flags to watch for - my parents didn't know all the stupid sh^t I got myself into when I used to sneak out (and they still don't!). I was a good student, involved in sports and all so there weren't any strange things going on when I used to do it to make my parents suspect anything - except that one time I showed up at 5:30 and my dad was already up . . . but he took my excuse that I fell asleep at my friend's house : )

Answer 4

by no skill underestimate the intercourse-force of a teenage boy. He’s going to the two be sneaking her in or sneaking out to se her; it’s what they do. in my view, i could the two play video games with him (something from setting up rose trees exterior his window or perhaps asserting that the pals reported that they observed somebody breaking in in the time of the window so which you're able to desire to place bars on the residing house windows) or basically take a seat and tell him that it’s cool to have her over from time to time, basically as long because it’s no longer at 2 am. If I have been you, i could take the latter selection. You’ve given him an inch and he’s taken a mile. Don’t be afraid to set the barriers, otherwise he’ll walk throughout you, feeding on your desirous to be the cool, hip aunt. He is conscious what he’s doing is incorrect and he’s waiting to get caught, so seize him. OR stay with it.

Answer 5

Simple enough. You'd be surprised what you can do with toothpicks. You can place them in the cracks of windows and doors where they'd be dislodged if opened. If you have a few bucks, buy and install a security light outside doors and the kid's window. You could buy a camera.
But you could probably just ask and know whether or not they were telling the truth, right?

Answer 6

Put them in the master bedroom so there's no bathroom excuse, then put a strip of tape on the outside of the door. Can't tape themselves in if they left and came back. That's an old field trip chaperone trick.

Windows can be similarly taped, but friends can help with that. My sister's house has security bars on the windows, and she could tell that her kids snuck out because it takes two adults to reset the emergency release on the bars.

Answer 7

Check, check and double check. You might also consider putting in a house alarm. My parents had to do this with my brother. He didn't have the code, so if he went out it went off. He stopped sneaking out really quickly!

Answer 8

Sprinkle salt outside his/her door on the floor, and outside his/her window, and at all exits without them knowing. If it is disturbed in the morning, they are sneaking out. Sounds strange, I know, but it's plausible. It's just a pain to clean up.

Update: LOL!!!!!!! So, you're trying to see what your parents might do? My suggestion is to just stay in when you're supposed to. It's for your safety. And if your parents learn that they can trust you, they will give you more freedoms.

Answer 9

First off, asking them is the best way. If that doesn't work, you could put a webcam at the door through which they come in, hook it up to a computer, and find a motion detection program. If you are willing to do that, ask me, I'd be glad to help.

Answer 10

I would install cameras while your teenager isn't home and watch it every night to see if your teenager is sneaking out and never reveal your resources or your going to have to find another idea