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When my oldest started high school this fall, it was sad and exciting at the same time. My baby! High school!
But I didn't have too much time to be melancholy or fret about the passage of time because I have other kids and opted to save the BIG bucket bawling for when the last of the litter heads off.
Keith and Becki Dilley don't have that luxury, though. Part what made them a household name in the United States, raising sextuplets, means their child hit major milestones like starting high school or college, at the same time. This fall, Adrian, Claire, Quinn, Ian, Brenna, and Julian became high school freshman, leaving their house strangely silent a lot of the time.
"Keith and I find ourselves alone a lot," Becki said. "We come home, it's like, 'Where is everybody?' And I say, 'Well, they're not expected home till 11:30 or so. 'You mean we're like..... by ourselves?'"
I'd really be interested in a book about what life with 6 teenagers the same age is like. I can't imagine the hormone and teenage angst, drama, and stress those parents must deal with on a daily basis, and I think I could learn a lot from the Dilleys.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 5)
12-13-2007 @ 12:26PM
Matthew Simmons said...Wait a second, 11:30 as high school freshman? Have curfews changed that much in the 15 years since I was in high school? That seems mighty late for a curfew, and all six out that late on a single night just seems weird.
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12-14-2007 @ 7:54AM
valerie said...wow, what are you living in 1956?? and yeah, times have changed a bit in the past 15 years, duhhhh....
12-14-2007 @ 9:53AM
pbwalt said...I'm with you on that one. 11:30 is a little late don't you think. I couldn't stay out late until I went to college and that was only because I went to college out of state.--LMAO
12-14-2007 @ 10:01AM
Ryan P said...Curfew here is 11pm on school nights. 12 on a non.
12-14-2007 @ 10:16AM
Red said...I will have to agree, my daughter (15yrs) is a freshman and she has to be in this house at 9pm, unless she is with her brother then it 10pm. My son who is 18yrs has a 11pm curfew and he is out of high school. My 20 yrs son has a midnight curfew, I'm sorry there is to much out there that can get children into trouble or they can get into trouble with.
12-14-2007 @ 11:54AM
patricia saddington said...Have you heard of marching band and Friday night football games? My hard working,great kid gets home later than 11:30 on Football night. Sometimes I go to watch him march and other times I enjoy my alone time on a friday night.
12-14-2007 @ 12:09PM
amanda said...11:30 is not strange at all, when I was in high school a few years ago during the week my curfew was 10:30 and on the weekends it was midnight. I also tried my best to never be at home.
12-14-2007 @ 12:52PM
Eileen said...Perhaps it's a Friday night?
12-14-2007 @ 1:01PM
Jenny said...I bet they mean 11:30 in the morning, and they go to a school where they get to come home for lunch.
12-14-2007 @ 1:06PM
oldmisskay said...I have kids at the school until well after 11:00 P.M. for debate practice, drama, many clubs...and then they are there at 6:00 a.m. for band. And they are also A/B students. Some things have changed in 15 years, yes.
12-14-2007 @ 1:33PM
Joe said...Dude, times have definitely changed. These parents need to be hooking up those kids with condoms and alcohol and making beds in their house for the boyfriends and girlfriends. All of the other parents are doing it!
12-14-2007 @ 4:04PM
rxlynette said...I agree, 11:30 pm is a bit late for a 14 yearold. Mine have to be home by 10:00. Enless a movie is running late or something. Even then I know they are safe cuz someones parents have to be driving them around here in my town. Our buses stop running at 9pm here. Nothing to do but get in trouble after the sun goes down. Better safe at home then running the streets and getting nocked up or worse.
12-13-2007 @ 1:46PM
april said...Matthew, maybe it was a weekend, and they had a school dance, or a party or something.
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12-14-2007 @ 6:07AM
Brenda Fattig said...I thought she was home schooling them?
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12-14-2007 @ 6:07AM
Andi said...High school? Already? God, I still remember all the news reports you'd see with them all hooked up to monitors, and videos with them at home all crying at once, stuff like that...HIGH SCHOOL???
*cries cuz she feels so damn old now*
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12-14-2007 @ 10:16AM
Cathy said...I have to say I agree.
12-14-2007 @ 6:26AM
Tim said...I HATE KIDS.
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12-14-2007 @ 7:43AM
sally said...i think u r a sad soul. to say u hate kids, i feel soory for u.
12-14-2007 @ 7:45AM
N JAMES said...YOU USED TO BE ONE. THEY ARE OUR HOPE OF TOMORROW. JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
12-14-2007 @ 6:46AM
LeeAnn said...From what I heard on a TV interview, the "Six Pack" finish school at 11:30am. I think they attend from 7am to 11:30am, part of a "split session" school system
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