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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is a false sense of security to believe because you know a family well, nothing bad can happen at their house during a sleepover.

You need to have very direct and explicit conversations with your child about what is ok and what is not ok and what to do when things are not ok.

Middle school and older, the bigger concern I have is sneaking out in the middle of the night to meet up with other kids, experimentation among the kids sexually, and drinking/drugs.  Those are far more likely than getting sexually molested.  From what my kid this age and friends tell me, these things are downright common by late middle school if group sleepovers are happening.  A parent knows what kind of crowd their kid is running in too.  If your kid is a at all in the more mature crowd, the sleepovers are where it's all going down.[/quote]

Agree and add to your list that I'm very uncomfortable with sleepovers with unfettered phone/Internet access. Pranking another kid at a sleepover or doing silly dances or far worse is a lot different than when we were kids when it gets posted online. [/quote]

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