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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only had one for daughter and my DH and both sons stayed in a hotel for night because we did not want even a hint of impropriety.  Never again.[/quote]

If a parent told me "We'd love for Larla to sleep over. To avoid even a hint of impropriety, DH and my sons will sleep at a hotel during the sleepover." then that alone would be so weird that I would not allow the sleepover. [b]That's just so freaking weird[/b]. PP, stay strong and don't get sucked into the paranoia. What do you think it taught your sons to be thought of as potential rapists rather than be thought of as responsible boys who a girl can turn to if she's ever in trouble. I encourage my daughters to make friends with nice boys, specifically so they'll have male allies in their group of friends. [/quote]

Seriously.  That is one of the weirdest things I've ever heard.  I would definitely not socialize with a family who feels the need to go to such extremes.[/quote]

+1  This is just bizarre.

I only did a couple sleepovers my whole childhood, not because my parents had a problem with it but because I was extremely shy and had few friends.  DD (10) and DS (11) both have a couple very close friends and we know their parents well.  Probably 2x a month one of them has a sleepover, either at our house or a friends.  We've had all the talks about good/bad touch and I have to trust that my instincts about their friends' parents are correct.  The alternative is to live in fear and for them to miss out on a joyful part of American childhood.

I think we first had requests fro sleepovers around age 6 but the kids really weren't ready for it then.  DD had a "half-sleepover" for her 6th birthday -- a couple friends came over and stayed up really late but then went home for bed.  They both were really comfortable staying over at about 9 yrs.  DS still doesn't like large sleepover parties because it's too noisy and he can't get to sleep so for those, he'll generally have me pick him up very late.[/quote]

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