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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am debating allowing my DD attend a sleepover. My biggest issue is she’s a terrible sleeper in some scenarios. The  couple times she has been away from home without a parent have been mixed. Once she will be woke up for hours during the night.

Have you had a kid struggle to sleep during a sleepover? If so did it annoy you/your child? It seems theses are becoming a big thing at her age so part of me wants to let her try it, because I don’t want to hold her back unnecessarily but I would feel terrible if she ended up wanting to be picked up at 3AM or something because she couldn’t sleep.[/quote]

How old is she? There's a big difference between 10 and 13. If she's more like 11-13, she has to agree ahead of time she will not ask to leave unless it's an emergency. Just not being able to sleep is not an emergency. As another poster said, have her bring a book and flashlight and she can read in her sleeping bag if everyone is sleeping.

She could also do the thing where she goes for dinner and much of the evening but you pick her up at 10 pm. Most kids aren't going to bed before then, or parents either.

My 8 year old has done several of these "late overs" with pickup at 8 or 9 pm, and has done sleepovers with one friend. No sleepover parties yet and I don't think she is ready for those because if there were an issue, she wouldn't ask the parents for help or speak up for herself. So no parties until she is more mature. But no one is into that yet anyway, 8 is still really young. My 12 year old is now into sleepover parties - he has been to three and we have hosted one. His crew is into gaming so they stay up late doing that and yes, they do pay for it for a couple of days, but it's a few times a year and they have a wonderful time so I'm ok with it. The volume is really the issue, not the sleep![/quote]

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