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how old for sleepovers?
Published Oct. 22, 2009Views: 488
Ok, my daughter turns 11 tommorrow, and has been having (and attending) sleepovers since kindergarden. Obviously when she was younger, only with people we knew fairly well, but as she gets slightly older, a phone call and meeting the parents when we drop her off is generally sufficient. She has been invited to peoples homes who I decided I did NOT want her to stay with (at least overnight).
Just as in years past, she is having a sleepover for her Birthday this year. Unfortunatly, only her best friend can attend, which makes for a very small party, but at least I know there will be no personality conflicts ;)
When I asked her why the others could not attend, there was a variety of reasons- out of town, had company coming, previous plans- pretty general. but one surprised me.
Her mother (I assume) would not let her attend sleepovers. This girl- who is in the 5th grade, and one would assume about the same age, has NEVER spent the night at a friends house.
Does that seem strange to you? I know by the time I was her age, I was well versed in sleepovers, as were all of my freinds, and there was one almost every weekend, we rotated homes! LOL
I get being protective of your kids, but this girls parents never contacted me- not a phone call or email (both were on the invitations), never asked to come over to meet us (which would have been more than ok).... nothing.
I dont know, this seems odd to me.
How old were your kids when you let them start spending the night with friends??? How old were you??
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As for my own kids, they have been having sleep overs since they were infants. Between family and very close friends, they are very comfortable having sleep overs and we love to reciprocate. I would say that around kindergarten is when they started having sleepovers at friends whom we'd just met through the school or sports leagues.
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