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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t believe you aren’t getting mote responses telling you that it is very reasonable to not want your daughter to spend the night at the house of a stranger.  I would never let my child spend the night at a house if I didn’t know both parents very well, as in friends that we hang out with all the time and have gotten to know really well.  With the statistics out there about child abuse it seems that more people would want to protect their children.  Once someone is abused/molested you can’t take your decision back.  Take her to the party and meet the Dad, and then pick her up at 10:00.  [/quote]

I hate when people who are bad at math try to use statistics against me. Statistically, your child is more likely to be abused by a member of your family. The next most likely abuser would be someone your child knows well and looks up to, like a close friend of the family. Someone you trust. [/quote]

Yes, and the corollary of those stats are that it might means “knowing someone really well” doesn’t provide assurance that they aren’t a huge creep deep down. I have little kids so haven’t had to cross their bridge and so don’t have an opinion on if you are being overprotective or not, OP, but if your plan to prevent this from ever happening is to get to know people super well... that might be shortsighted. Arming your daughter with the right tools and info, as others have suggested, to make sure she always feels comfortable and that she can reach out to you the moment she isn’t comfortable, seems the much better route to me. [/quote]

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