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Prom Resources for Prom Night 2006 - Getting Ready for the Prom

Prom information, resource tips, and articles on your teenager's prom. The prom is a very important event for your teenager. Learn how to keep them safe while they enjoy themselves by developing a prom budget, finding the right prom dress and much more.
Prom Time
List of pictures to take of your prom going teen.
Prom - How to Make the Most of Prom Time
How to make the most of prom time for parents of teenagers.
How To Be a Chaperone at the Prom
To teenagers, the prom is one of the biggest events in their lives. A chaperone can make or break it with one wrong word or phrase. On the other hand, you are responsible for their safety. Therefore, chaperoning a prom isn't easy. For help, follow these ten simple tips.
What Is the Prom Promise?
A detailed description of what the prom promise is and includes links on how your teen's school can get involved in the Prom Promise Contest.
Prom Tip: Setting the Curfew
No doubt about it the Prom is a special occasion. Therefore, a special curfew is in order.
Prom Tips: Developing a Budget
Teenagers look forward to their prom night with great excitement. What they tend to not realize is how much it will end up costing. That is where we step in.
Poll: Are you allowing your teenager to attend a post prom party?
Post prom parties are all the rave, and are lots of fun to attend. But, parents can have valid worries about the supervision of their teenager. Will you be allowing your teen to attend a post prom party?
Prom Excitement... and Worries
The prom is an exciting event for our teenagers, and quite a bit of fun for us parents too. We swell up with pride and nostalgia when we see our sons and daughters dressed to the hilt in formal wear. Unfortunately, there is also that nagging feeling that sets in. Odds are, someone at the prom will be drinking, or worse. But what can a parent do? Our children are 'old enough' to know better, right?
Poll: Prom Expenses
Who should pay for the prom expenses? Should your teenager contribute?
What to wear... for Guys!
Informative article from About.com's Fashion Guide, Cynthia Nellis.
The Prom Site, Prom Themes
Read some of the really great themes use for proms. If your teenager is part of the prom committee, here is a wonderful prom resource for him/her.
Prom Locations
Are you on the parent's comittee for your teen's prom? If so, here are some tips about prom locations.
Prom Primer for Parents
Tips on avoiding drinking and driving at the prom can be found here.
Prom Committee Checklist
Are you the prom advisor or on the parent committee? Scroll to the bottom half of the page for a great checklist of things that need to be done to make a great prom.
Prom Dress Styles
Want to see the styles for the Prom? The current fashion is here.
Planning Post-Prom Activities
Parents share their ideas about 'parent-approved' ways for kids to have fun and be safe.

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