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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - I'm really troubled by this post - you seem to be sending the message to her that she should fear all of her friends' fathers. Just ask some basic questions and let her go![/quote]

I am also troubled.

There was another thread about parents worried about kids hanging out in a classroom with a male teacher during lunch/after school.  They're worried about potential molestation!

I feel sorry for our kids.

And you wonder why children have so much anxiety these days, it's from their parents! [/quote]

Small tangent- I had a classmate who was always hanging out with a female teacher after school, getting "tutoring" or whatever.

They openly dated a few years later.

There's no reason to be "hanging out" with a teacher after school.  Teachers are just not that cool.  People are over-protective about this stuff because there are lots of weirdos out there, and it doesn't mean we have to be afraid, just a bit vigilant.[/quote]

This is a perfect example. So because your friend developed a lesbian relationship with her teacher, you are now concerned that this could happen to your child or someone else. When you're over vigilant because you think there are a lot 'wierdos' out there, you prevent your child from doing normal, healthy developmental things such as develop a special teacher-student relationship, for example. Or, back to the main topic, allow your child to have unstructured social time at sleepover parties.

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