If your teenager daughter were to sleep in the backyard treehouse at night would you close the door?

Question

If your teenage daughter were to sleep in your backyard garden shed/treehouse would you come by and make sure the door was closed and lights were out?

A teenage girl I know wants to sleep in her parents garden shed/garage on some weekends? Her mother wants to make sure the door is closed and lights are out for her safety. The garage/garden shed is a seperate building from the house. The girl enjoys this place as indendance. Even though her parents worry about her for her safety she doesn't like the idea that her mother comes by at night to close the door to the outside and turn out the lights. Even though her mother locks the building door the girl can still open and unlock the door.

This girl is only 15 years old. Should she still continue to enjoy this garage/garden shed or give up?

Answer 1

I would allow her to. You would just have to make sure that she gets the chance once or twice, while she moves from the shed to the house monitoring her would be optional, to at least go the bathroom. I don't think it would be very comfortable to p**s in the corner.

If the house is fenced, you shouldn't need worry about whether the shed is locked or not.

Answer 2

I personally would not allow my teenage daughter to sleep in the shed.  How much privacy do you need a 15, and plus teenagers are way to sneaky.  And who would want to be outside without any plumbing or bathroom.  

Answer 3

I'm a teenage girl and I also enjoy staying outside by myself at night.

I have slept in the woods 1 mile away from home during the winter under a fort of sticks.

I have slept on my pool deck out in the open.

I have slept on the roof of my best friend's house.

It's perfectly normal to sleep in places other people wouldn't consider sleeping in.

Let her be.

We need our privacy.

&& the mom needs to be more confident that she can be independent.

Otherwise, how is she going to learn?

If she is claustrophobic, why is she sleeping in there?

Maybe, she is learning to deal with it.

Answer 4

There are a lot of creepy men out there that prey on just this type of girl and they wait until the parents are not in site to do whatever they want to her No fence will stop him, probably not even a locked door.  It isn't the same world out there and bad things could happen this is not safe and you can't make it safe for a child.

Answer 5

I think she should still be allowed to stay in the shed if thats where she is most comfortable. I dont see why it needs be closed especially if she has claustrophobia, since the house is fenced.

Paint it bright colors like hot pink, lime green, bright orange. so it is a nice place for a teen girl   =]