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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Serously. Somebody explain to me why you don't like your kids to go to sleepovers. Is there something about them that I am not getting? [/quote] Because there's a very different level of trust required for me to let someone care for my child overnight with no structured activities than to let someone supervise my kid at a bounce house or american girl birthday party, but it's often a similar group of kids invited. We only do sleepovers with families I know really well, ehose homes I have myself been in on many occasions, and who we have also hosted many times. If I've just chatted with you in the carpool lane or at the soccer field, thrn I don't know you well enough to trust you with my kid. It's not even just about the parent potentially doing something unsavory. I want to know that the kids will be well-supervised. Sleepovers are thr first place a lot of kids are introduced to pornography (which I feel my ES kid is a bit young for, thanks) or cigarettes, or engage in "games" with other party guests where they may feel pressured to do things that can be very traumatic. I know of multiple people who engaged in party games where they were convinced to get naked in front of their friends on a dare and/or act out sexual behaviors as a joke, but those women were uncomfortable at the time and didn't know how to speak up.[/quote]
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