Tired of sleepovers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Say no

This. Families differ. In my house, we do a sport that requires an early alarm clock (before 5:30 am) every day of the week. My teens and I are way to sleepy to have other people up until midnight at my house. We are just not compativlle with other families who do these late night sleepovers. We just say no and people stopped asking eventually. Now, they happen rarely when we have a break in the sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sleepovers pretty much die out in high school. They either lose interest or are too busy with school related activities like school work, sports community service, etc.

That was not my experience with my two kids who are now in their mid 20's. Tons of sleepovers on weekends. Sometimes during midterms or finals, the kids would stay up late studying together and then have a sleepover just so they didn't have to waste time going home.

We have a basket of new toothbrushes under the sink, and another basket of bath products (face wash, sunscreen, tampons, travel shampoo, etc.) so if a kid slept over without advance planning it wasn't a big deal.

That is super-prepared!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's summer. Let the kids have fun! Last minute sleepovers were so exciting as a kid. The scrambling to get your stuff & chatter about what we'd do late at night was awesome. Stop being a buzzkill.

Parents like you are a nightmare. You talk like a high school bully.

[Anonymous]

OP - practice saying no and holding firm. Trust me - it’s gonna get a whole lot worse through the years and if they see you are a pushover now, they’ll exploit it.

If you have a rule - one a month, two a month, whatever and stick to it. They will learn to be particular in which ones they ask for if they know you mean business.