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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s the social/emotional benefit of it?

Would you rather do it with cousins but they’re too far away?[/quote]

Honest question: are you from the States? Because this was very common growing up in the Midwest. Almost every weekend. I do find them less so in this area in this day/age. I think that may be a combination of immigrants (anecdotally, kids of immigrants have been less likely to attend or host sleepovers, in our experience) and the overscheduled child (have to get up at Dark O Thirty for soccer games, etc.)

But to answer your question: they have them b/c they're fun. There are some negatives (sleep deprivation for a night) but, in general, [b]the kids get a lot of bonding time together.[/b] [/quote]

This is the main benefit.  You simply get closer when you have a whole night to spend together rather than when you know you have to leave in a couple hours.  Yes, maybe some kids use that time to get into trouble but I didn't as a kid.  We just talked, played music, watched movies and bonded.

My parents as immigrants didn't understand them, but they eventually let me go after I begged really hard.  [/quote]

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