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[quote=Anonymous]How old is DS?

Are your parents nearby? Could he spend Friday night only with them? Then he’d only have poor sleep one night, and he’d have a night to recover. Friday is better than Saturday because he sounds like he needs that night to recover.

If he’s old and mature  enough to shoulder some of the responsibility, you could even explain to him and your parents that how often he has sleepovers will vary based on his behavior. If he’s rude or misbehaves after coming home from grandma and grandpa’s house, you’ll have to assume it’s from lack of sleep and limit sleepovers to long breaks and summer. If he gets more sleep and it doesn’t affect his behavior, he can do occasional (preferably single) overnight visits on weekends.

I would deal with a somewhat crabby kid on a Saturday morning once every month or two if it makes the rest of the family happy. I wouldn’t deal with a rude, misbehaving, grouchy kid on Monday mornings, which sets a bad tone for the rest of the week, unless I were a masochist. Nobody needs that nonsense. [/quote]

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