It's the most famous party for high school seniors and college students who want to get away from miserable March weather and the false pretense of tyrant parenting.
But parents should be worried about the supposed vacation that essentially invites underage kids to drink, indulge some more, and get even more drunk in foreign locations with unknown people. Just recently a riot broke out in Texas due to spring breakers.
Let us also consider the most troubling part of these weeklong parties: they put young women in horrible situations where they are often very vulnerable.
Considering Naperville's stellar reputation for family living, I'm wondering if Naperville's parents will take a stand against letting their children go on spring break?
I'm never letting my daughter go on Spring Break. I went Spring Break (I'm a young mother) as a college student and I remember that two of my friends were molested and groped while at the beach in public.
At the time, they were so intoxicated that they can barely remember.
I just don't see how what goes on seems to be OK. I have my regrets on that trip too. My boyfriend was in a fight and there was plenty of violence.
I'm never letting her go. If she wants to go, she has to pay for it herself.
It's a sex cesspool. Disease, puking and sex. It's an unhealthy to give young adults a way to enjoy their spring break.
I know for me, I'd be reluctant to celebrate if my daughter told me she was heading on Spring Break. Obviously I trust her. She is an intelligent, mature young woman. But it's not her, it's the other people out there who are horny, drunk and free-spirited I worry about.
It's really a moot point. If my son wants to go, he's 19, there's nothing I can do. He's a freshman in college and he's headed to Mexico. I want to be careful; it's not something I grew up with, but I have to trust him.
I never went on Spring Break, and I was amazed even when I was in college (I'm in my 40s now) about the stories I would hear. The thing that shocks me the most is a lot of times parents are PAYING for these hedonistic trips. Just seeing the pictures in last week's Naperville Sun Travel section told me that if I have anything to say about it, my sons aren't going on trips like that. I have to say, I doubt my 14-year-old would even be interested. He's just not that type of person, he doesn't hang out with wild kids now.
I don't understand why parents are concerning themselves with what other legal adults wish to do. Yeah, moms & dads, you heard me. Your college student is a legal adult. Kudos to Linda above, who seems to be the only one that gets it.
Why would we let young adults learn things for themselves when their overbearing suburban parents can ram values down their throats? Millions of people go on spring break, nearly all of them come back safe and sound. Cut the cord already.
Yes, at 19 they are legal adults, but if they are asking Mom and Dad to pay for any of this trip, then they are not acting like adults.
My personal opinion is, if you can afford to pay all of your living costs at 19, then go on whatever Spring Break you want. But if you are relying on Mom and Dad to subsidize college, food, rent, etc. then you still need to answer to them. My college age kid has chosen to spend spring break building homes with Habitat. I will gladly pay for any costs he will entail with that. But I will not pay for any hedonistic vacations. (Neither of my kids would choose that anyway, so I probably don;t need to worry.)
Kudos to you "mom of teens"
You're not an adult, as long as I'm paying for college.
Let young adults learn for themselves???
I guess you potty trained all by yourself, taught yourself how to talk, walk, and drive. You didn't need anyone to help you, huh?
If you were born and put in a cage with monkeys. I guarantee you'd be acting like one.
Dirty rubs off on clean. Clean doesn't rub off on dirty.
Everyone needs guidance. That's why there are white and yellow lines on the road.
Oh for crying out loud. If your college-age legal adult has a job and can pay for a vacation, it's none of your business where they go or what they do when they're there.
You, as a parent, shouldn't be subsidizing jack for them, in terms of living expenses, and definitely NOT vacations. No wonder so many kids these days utterly fail at life - mommy and daddy hold their hand through everything, including college.
Why not just raise the "legal adult age" to 22, after graduation?