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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course you can! We have a lights out time and no electronics past a certain point time.  Also, we have a no texting to outside friends rule; the idea is to enjoy the friends who are there, those not invited dont feel excluded, and keeps those not invited being allowed "in."  Would also never hesitate to collect devices if felt need to.

My DC are very compliant as are their friends and we don't do sleepovers frequently so easy to enforce. My DH is a late night person and we have boys so he is in/ out alot checking, joking -- hard to get away with much.

And, will say, we always tell all the parents our rules up front and they all say "great, so glad you are doing x." So you can do it - [b]just be upfront at beginning[/b]![/quote]

This, please. As a family we would be uncomfortable with your rule but depending on how much our kids wanted to attend the sleepover at your home we would likely allow them to go anyway, given the rules you have in place that would require they relinquish their phone, only after discussion and agreement at home first. If you told my kids at the sleepover that your rules required giving up their phones, that would put them in a tough spot since that's contrary to our family rules if done without advance notice. We understand that different families have different rules, but phones are expensive and often given as a safety device, so if someone other than my child will be holding on to my child's phone if they go somewhere, we would appreciate knowing this in advance so we could consider that when choosing whether to send our kids.[/quote]

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