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[quote=Anonymous]My son, 10 yo, is asking for a sleepover about once a month, more often during the summer vacation, usually with one or two kids. They’ll play some games, watch videos, throw a ball, talk with each other etc. It’s a way to socialize and bond with friends, and also to learn some independence skills from being away from his family. To question having sleepovers is like questioning going to social events at work, or attend a friend’s birthday. The all have a similar social function.

If you can’t handle a couple of kids overnight you have some serious organizational issues. Don’t feed them ice cream, send them to bed early, separate them if you need to. That’s it, not that big of a deal.

Equating sleepovers with sexual abuse is more indicative of control issues and mental struggles the parents have, and to be honest it sounds more like a rationalization.

It’s fine if you don’t let your kids have or go to sleepovers, but that doesn’t make you a “better” parent. Don’t claim you don’t “understand” why other parents do it, taking an air of superiority towards it is just playing silly.

From my experience kids that are allowed to sleepovers tend to be more independent, they go to school or to the park on their own, know more about handling money, are more socially skilled etc. Sleepovers are not the only way to develop those skills, but it’s one way.[/quote]

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