Must we overthink everything? I was also not a fan of sending my young kid to a virtual stranger's house to spend the night and would just politely say "he doesn't do sleepovers." No one ever pushed me on it. But if they did I would totally ignore them. You don't owe them an explanation.

Fwiw seven feels young to me. An alternative to the good advice above might be, “Larla isn’t ready for sleepovers yet so call when you know a break is coming in the fun and I’ll come get her.”

I don’t want to tell you that you don’t know your own boundaries but there could also be differences between being seven or nine or whatever and being invited to a sleep over and then being 13 and staying over at your best friends house after a soccer game. I lean against sleep overs but there are situations where I would be more open minded. Just food for thought

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I feel like 7 is really young. I have a 7 year old who has not been invited to a sleepover yet. I don't have a "never" stance but I don't think I'd go for it right now unless I knew the family very very well.

Agree. I wouldn't do sleepovers at 7. Maybe 9 at the earliest

My kid both hosts and attends sleepovers, and there are always one or two kids picked up before bedtime. Not a big deal at all, no one bats an eye.

Wow, I feel like 7 is really young. I have a 7 year old who has not been invited to a sleepover yet. I don't have a "never" stance but I don't think I'd go for it right now unless I knew the family very very well.