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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sleepovers were a great way for me, as a child, to learn how other families worked, how people dealt with siblings (I was an only child), how to eat food I was unfamiliar with, how to be away from my parents and my own home, how to tough out feelings of homesickness, how to  enjoy new things and how to say "no" to things I felt uncomfortable with, what to do when other people went to bed earlier than me (I packed books and frequently read after the other kid had fallen asleep) and, ultimately, that staying up as late as I wanted made me feel like crap the next day. All, I would argue, lessons that served me later on in life. 
Hell yeah, I'm letting my child do sleepovers -- with families I know and with whom I feel comfortable. And, just like when I was a kid, I'll give her a lecture about what to do if she feels unsafe and wants to come home. [/quote]

To the parents who don't allow sleepovers, is that going to be the rule until your child is 18?  Some of my happiest memories from high school are from sleepovers with a group of close friends.  [/quote]

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