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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. [b]I’m also pissed at the host parents for even issuing the invitation[/b] but I assume they feel like it doesn’t hurt to invite, and then people can say yes or no. They don’t see my daughter crying over and over and over about missing out.[/quote]

Well, there you are out over your skis. The boundaries are: people invite, you get to say no. Your daughter is having a strong reaction to this, but that is not something they are responsible for foreseeing or heading off.

If you have not already talked to your daughter in plain language about sexual abuse, you need to do that.

Given what you have described, the "reason" about sleepovers could be: "It's important to keep your body safe and that includes when you are sleeping, so we do not sleep in the presence of people we don't know extremely well. I don't know these people extremely well, so that is the rule that applies here."[/quote]
Well, it would make me question the judgment of the parent. I mean, maybe, I would be ok with a single person sleepover with a girl and my son. If they’re best friends, I can monitor, know my son well, etc etc. But I’m not an idiot who is going to put the safety of this girl in the hands of random boys I’m sure I don’t know well enough to trust completely. This would raise a lot of other questions in my mind. [/quote]

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