Good for your friend staying up all night. I've done it myself a few times when my daughter tried to slip out. Then you ask them what they were thinking and the answer is "I don't know" Thats the real answer: they DON'T know! They aren't thinking clearly, they are only thinking of how awful they have it.

When my son was a major attitude case last year, we sent him to Georgia to work on farm with cousins... it was a NIGHTMARE for him - the cousins were highly religious and went to church many times during the week, only watched he History Channel or Discovery. NEVER anything fun like MTV or even the Cartoon Network. And they ate regular good for you meals like broccoli and chicken... when he wanted Burger King and Pizza. Poor boy He cried to come home every day for weeks, and came home a different kid. It was the best thing we ever did.