
Laughter at 2 A.M.
I am awakened by a sound that is not normal for this time of night. Laughter at 2 A.M. Is it outside my window? Is someone breaking into my car or house? Maybe toilet-papering the trees? No, that’s not a thing anymore, that stuff is too valuable to waste. Jumping from my bed I briskly run upstairs and hear it coming from my oldest son’s room. Pressing my ear to the door I can tell what’s going on: Video Games. He must be online with his buddies and it is WAY past the allowed time, he should be done for the night. Quick scan of the floor I notice something odd – lights on in all rooms, beds missing other children. Hmmm. Seems someone is having a party at 2 A.M. As a parent what do you do? ~ Backstory: We had 4 kids in 5 years. The first three arrived in 26 months. They are now 14, 13, 12. The eldest, our daughter, sleeps as far away as possible from the boys, on another floor altogether. We tried keeping them in the same place but she broke away around the age of 11. Now there are 3 boys, 13,




