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[quote=Anonymous]Sleepovers are hard. I was allowed to go to them, and nothing traumatic ever happened to me. But they also weren't fun for me, even with really close friends. For a lot of people, the sleepover age zone corresponds pretty exactly to the privacy-seeking period of early adolescence. I wasn't comfortable sleeping in a room with other people. The morning after was always awkward, and I always wanted to leave a lot sooner than was appropriate.

I hear a lot of people talking about "families they know well" and with my own kids, this is also my concern - not because I'm on the lookout for predators somehow, but because I was the kid at a sleepover party where I didn't know the parents, not feeling great and not having any trusted adult I could ask for help. The only places my kid has ever slept over are places where she does feel that sense of comfort with the parents.

In any case, I don't have a problem with the no-sleepover people. I hate hosting them and am holding out as long as humanly possible this year. But I also recognize the social pressure associated with attending them and try to support my kiddo, who like me would rather sleep in her own bed at the end of the night, in doing what she needs.[/quote]

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