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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve let mine do both but need to meet the parents before a sleepover. 
At camp DD was in an all female cabin with 2 female counselors. When they went to the bathroom at night they had to take a buddy or a counselor. They have rules/procedures in place.
Sleepovers do not. [/quote]

I agree with this. My kids are not at sleepover ages yet. I had sleepovers every weekend as a child and went to sleepaway camp for years, despite having extremely overprotective parents. This was just not a thing in the 90s/early 2000s.

Not doing sleepovers did not cross my mind until a friend with older children mentioned it. I sort of agree with the premise of not allowing sleepovers - at least until kids are old enough to understand what sexual abuse looks like and what to do/who to tell if god forbid something ever happened OR if it’s a very close friend whose parents you know well and trust (which still doesn’t eliminate the risk.)

Sleepaway camp is a group setting and I think fewer situations where kids are alone with adults. [/quote]

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