Comments on: Back to School Tips: Dealing with the Issue of Children and Sleepovers

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:10:32 +0000

I’m the unpopular parent in our group. We don’t do sleepovers. We don’t host them and we don’t attend them. Your child can stay here until midnight, if you like, but there are no over-night stays. Yes, I’m over protective. No, I don’t care. We have a very large homeschool community and there are lots of sleepovers, all the time. My kids are ok with not sleeping over, and the other families know how I feel and are very nice about it. We joke about it and I take some good natured ribbing, but I can handle it.

By: nicole

nicole — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:06:08 +0000

Right now, our rule is that they can only sleepover at a house where we know the family well. My girls are 8 and 7 years old and have been to sleepovers at three houses. We have known each family for 5+years, and in fact some of us are godparents to each other’s kids. Our general rule of thumb is that we know the family, and that there are no older siblings, or the siblings are as familiar to us as the parents. My girls understand and accept this, at least for now. They have been invited to a couple of birthday sleepovers, and we just take them for a few hours and then pick them up before it gets late. Your child’s safety and your family’s values are more important than whether or not someone’s feelings are hurt.

By: Jaime @ A Place Out West

Jaime @ A Place Out West — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:44:28 +0000

I’m glad you posted this. My kids are still too young for sleepovers, but I’ve heard kids around their age starting to talk about them and I, too, have been dreading this because I know how I’ll worry!