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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kids are more likely to get shot in a school shooting or get into a car accident driving with you, than something happen to them at a sleepover.

Fear mongering at it's finest. [/quote]

I don't allow sleepovers. I was sexually abused when I was 5 by a "trusted adult", a nice, very born again Christian man, church leader.  In my experience I've never been shot at, or in an accident, but I was abused.  It's much more common than what you think. [/quote]

Sorry this happened, but how what does this have anything to do with letting a 10 year old so sleep over a friend's house?

Do your kid's go to church, school, play sports, or have activities.  Aren't there risks in all of those things too.  The Church and schools especially.

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I relate my experience to sleepovers because it was in an intimate home environment where my abuse occurred. It can happen rather quickly so I do worry about who is in the house and what can happen.  I know there are risks in life but this is a risk I can control and why I do not let my kids have sleepovers.  Yes my kids play sports, they’re active they’re involved but it’s always in a large group with several adults supervising. As to church, we don’t go and kids are not alone with an adult at schools.

(And while my avoidance to this is extreme, yes there are risks in life but don’t we all do things in our life to avoid risks? Whether dietary, Vehicular, or in my case, sleepovers, I think as parents we all avoid risk for our kids based on our own experiences in one way or another.)[/quote]

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