Dear Queenie,
My daughter often stays out very late on dates or get-togethers with friends. I have tried to make a rule that she is home by a certain time, but sometimes I fall asleep before that time and then I don’t know whether she got home in good time.
Queenie, can you help me?—Worried mother
Dear Mother,
Set an alarm clock for the time your daughter is supposed to get home and turn it off when she comes home (do not use an electric clock for this, in case the electricity goes off).
If you fall asleep and the alarm clock goes off, it will wake you up and you will know that your daughter has missed her curfew. On the other hand, if she gets home before the alarm clock goes off she can turn it off and let you sleep, and when you wake up you will know that she came home in good time.
