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[quote=Anonymous]To all the people saying close friends or family only, do you understand your child is more likely to be abused by someone they know?

Say it's your brother/dd's uncle. She sees you love your brother and think he's great and she sees everyone else thinks he's great and she knows she's going to have to see him for the rest of time, plus her same age cousins really like him so ....

But an unknown person? There are many fewer potential issues stopping your child from telling you. There are fewer issues stopping your child from asserting themselves and leaving if uncomfortable. At your family, if dd felt uncomfortable, would you take her home immediately? Probably not, or she wouldn't even ask to leave because she knows you want to be there and planned to be.

I would not let my kid travel with people I don't know, too much need for judgement calls. Sometimes I've thought I would be more comfortable with my child traveling alone than with a family I don't know.

And I think it's good to get a sense of people when you can, and am also not eager for sleepover s with too many unknowns.

But knowing them doesn't mean a whole lot when it comes to abuse. Knowing their values on alcohol, mean girl behavior, screen choices, etc - good info. But a comfort factor if anything disarms your child.[/quote]

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