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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But my tween acts like she’s aggrieved if we say no to them. She has three friends, all in our neighborhood, and they want to have sleepovers constantly. I’m a single mom and for me, they are very overstimulating. I feel like I have to be “on” and can’t relax like normal. It’s also stressful thinking of providing food and snacks that four girls will all like, so no one goes hungry on my watch. I can’t explain it, it’s just high stress. She had a sleepover two weeks ago and one last week, and I said no to one this week and she claims I’m ruining her social life. I just can’t do this every week, and there are still nearly two months of summer left. It makes me not even want to host kids for just the day! How can I help her understand that it’s not that I don’t want her socializing, but that it’s a lot of responsibility for ME, and I need a break. [/quote]

At that age I had sleepovers with my friends every weekend. And no parents were ever "on." They left food or money for pizza, got a few movies from blockbuster, and then either went out or did their thing at home. Done. What's the problem? This is not that hard. And, yes, they are important for their social life at that age.[/quote]

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