“My daughter (26) will tell people all the time that the 2 best things I taught her were that if she was staying out (at friends) and wanted to come home, I would get her no matter what time.”

“We also had a code where if she was asked by a friend if she wanted to stay the night, she put in a text “can I stay at Beth’s House, please?” and it meant she wanted to, but if she did not want to she would leave the please off the end, and I would text her back saying “no” because we had something to do in the morning. Always give them a safe out/exit. They need to feel safe even when they are not with you.”