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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm always so shocked when I see these types of posts because I have 4 kids who all have a wide range of friends from different cultures, religions, races, and socioeconomic statuses and they've never had a friend who wasn't allowed to sleep over.

DCUM makes it seem like No Sleepovers is a big thing now and the norm but I've not found that to be true. At least where I live in Loudoun.

I only have 2 kids at home now, but we probably still have a kid sleeping over or one of them gone to a sleepover at least twice a month or more. During the summer it is definitely more often!

[b]For those with the no sleepovers rule, does that apply to sports overnights?[/b] I've always wondered about that.

For example, my son plays travel soccer. The kids usually sleep 4 to a room in 2 queen beds for tournaments. Would you allow this? Because again, DCUM makes it seem so common that no one is doing sleepovers, but during all my years of kids in travel sports, I can't recall an instance where a kid wasn't allowed to room with teammates.  [/quote]

DD hasn't had to do that yet, but no. She'll be going to a 2 week camp this summer, and will be bunking with other girls. I will be there as well as chaperone (to a bunch of kids), and will hopefully have my own room. SLEEPING in the same room with a bunch of friends after an activity filled day, is not a problem. Sending them to the house of people who may or may not supervise, where kids might have access to alcohol, meds, unsecured guns, and there may be others in the house that are not kid safe, that is the problem.

It is probably a very small fraction of time where something life altering like molestation happens, but it's a preventable problem, so the risk does not seem worth whatever reward there might be. DD is a homebody, so it's not really an issue for us at all. She turns down sleepovers; she is happy to stay up late with friends, but wants to sleep in her own bed.[/quote]

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