co-ed sleepover

[Anonymous]

DS6 wants to have a small co-ed sleepover. I have no problem with it but some parents might. Should I invite the kids and then inform the parents of the mixed group and they can decide? If they decline, that's fine.

[Anonymous]

Definitely inform the parents that it will be coed so we can decline.

[Anonymous]

Obviously you can do whatever you want, but most parents (of girls) will decline.

[Anonymous]

I'd inform the parents but disagree that all parents of girls will decline. The kids are 6, not 13.

[Anonymous]

Go ahead and invite but be sure to headline with the words “coed sleepover” in eye-catching, bold letters. Then offer to let parents pick up at 9 or 10 if they would prefer that their kids not spend the night.

My kids and their neighborhood friends - both boys and girls - would all frequently end up at sleepovers together. We - the moms - used to lament that it couldn’t last forever, and as the kids hit sixth grade, we’ve gently enforced a no co-ed sleepover rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously you can do whatever you want, but most parents (of girls) will decline.

Why?

[Anonymous]

I would rather put hot needles in my eyes than try to host 6 year olds for a sleep over.

Avoid all the problems and have a "sleep under". After dinner everyone puts on pjs and watches a movie. Pick up at 9:00.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would rather put hot needles in my eyes than try to host 6 year olds for a sleep over.

Avoid all the problems and have a "sleep under". After dinner everyone puts on pjs and watches a movie. Pick up at 9:00.

I have less than zero desire to pick up a 6 yo at 9 pm on a weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously you can do whatever you want, but most parents (of girls) will decline.

Most parents of boys will decline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously you can do whatever you want, but most parents (of girls) will decline.

Why?

Why do you think?

Are you actually clueless or deliberately obtuse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously you can do whatever you want, but most parents (of girls) will decline.

Why?

Why do you think?

Are you actually clueless or deliberately obtuse?

I don’t remember having sex at 6 or doing anything physical with boys. Maybe times have changed or I was unusual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously you can do whatever you want, but most parents (of girls) will decline.

Why?

Why do you think?

Are you actually clueless or deliberately obtuse?

I don’t remember having sex at 6 or doing anything physical with boys. Maybe times have changed or I was unusual.

The question was about parents...

It’s also worth ponoting out that 6 is very young for sleepovers in general.

[Anonymous]

I let my DD go to one with a family we're very close to. It's NBD at that age. They're just little kids. But I wouldn't let my kid have a sleepover at anyone's house unless we're close with the other family.

[Anonymous]

My kids were still new to sleepovers except for at grandparents or cousins' house at age 6. I would only host one kid sleeping over at that age, not a group. By age 7-8, sleepovers with 1-2 guests were typical but only at homes where my kid had been to the house before and where I was already friendly with the parents. I did not allow kid at 7-8 yo coed sleepover when my kid had not been to the house before and I had only met one of the parents. I did allow at 7-8 yo coed sleepover when my kid had been to the house a few times and I knew both parents as well as the other kids attending.

[Anonymous]

I let my kid go to a 7 year old coed sleepover. They played games, ate cake, and watched too many movies before all falling asleep in their family room.

I wouldn't want coed sleepovers past age 8, probably.