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7 Reasons to Say No to Sleepovers (unbelievable!)
Education.com ^ | Unknown | Julie Christensen

Posted on 08/06/2013 3:28:27 PM PDT by Maceman

Think the anti-sleepover movement is the result of overprotective parenting? Read on to learn the seven top reasons that some moms and dads are just saying "no" to sleepovers.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: liberals; parenting
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To: Maceman

Unbelievable indeed. Every ‘reason’ given was the most piddly assed thing I have ever seen.....on no my child might be cranky and sleepy after a slumber party. As if slumber parties were the thing that children did every weekend.....morons


41 posted on 08/06/2013 4:57:59 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: goodwithagun
Just remember that she has the ability to create and frequently access Facebook and Twitter accounts of which you have no knowledge. She knows who’s on birth control. She knows who’s parents buy booze. I’m not saying she’s going to act on it, I’m simply pointing out that she knows. As a mommy of young ones, I am still appalled at what has come out of this case and of what children are capable. Especially the good kids.

Facebook and Twitter? Try Omeagle.com. (Please see my reply #40.)

42 posted on 08/06/2013 5:00:16 PM PDT by Maceman (Just say "NO" to tyranny.)
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To: LS

We’ve had a few rules for sleepovers. #1 is that the host parent must be present, not necessarily in the room, but in the house. #2 is no co-ed sleepovers. And if we’re not comfortable with the situation at the other kid’s house, we require the sleepover at our house.


43 posted on 08/06/2013 5:00:53 PM PDT by Qout
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To: Maceman

When my kids were 8 and 10 I wouldn’t allow their friends to stay over. I was a single father and I had no idea what was going on in those kids’ homes.


44 posted on 08/06/2013 5:02:01 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: GeronL
Todays kids have been told from the time they are 10 or 11 that there is something wrong with them if they aren’t having sex and crap.

There is beginning to be a backlash against the over sexualization of children, and it's coming from twenty-somethings who are now considering themselves A-sexual. They're tired of all the sex that's being pushed on them by the popular culture, whether hetero or homo, so they're just not buying into either one.

45 posted on 08/06/2013 5:05:45 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

I think its about time for a swing back on the pendulum when middle schools are letting boys and girls shower together


46 posted on 08/06/2013 5:08:00 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Maceman
And with all that, you're fine with your 14 yr old daughter and sleepovers? Lest she be called a "hothouse flower."

I have to say, you're the parent that worries me.

47 posted on 08/06/2013 5:15:03 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: Maceman

IMO these recommmdations seem to reflect a religious right slant or bias, rather than coming from nanny staters. Either way, they are creepy.


48 posted on 08/06/2013 5:23:07 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: workerbee
As my kids get older, I know this will come up more often, and I know I'll probably be a lot stricter than many, if not most, of their friends' parents.

I thought this is what would have happened with us because my husband and I are generally at least a bit older than the parents of our daughter's friends. Boy were we wrong. I would like to think her choice of friends has to do with the way we are bringing her up and our own choice of friends, but I also realize it is something innate in her about being wary of some people.

BTW, co-ed sleepovers a big thing in high schools around here.

Knock on wood, none of the parents I know (myself included), where my daughter is permitted to sleep over, would permit any such thing. Co-ed parties are one thing - but not sleep overs.

49 posted on 08/06/2013 5:26:28 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: VanDeKoik

“So in essence these loons think that kids will engage in homosexuality, smoke pot, drink booze, watch porn, and be grumpy the next morning.”

When I was a kid that was the whole purpose of a sleepover! Well, except for that homosexuality part.

Just kidding about the above, but whoever wrote this is a blubbering idiot. If I didn’t trust the people with whom my child was staying, I would not let him go. Is that so complicated? But what percentage of people is that, really? I can’t think of a parent I know that I would not trust my son with to spend the night, probably because if I didn’t trust them for that, I wouldn’t be friends with them anyway because they would be weirdos.


50 posted on 08/06/2013 5:30:31 PM PDT by suthener
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To: GeronL
Todays kids have been told from the time they are 10 or 11 that there is something wrong with them if they aren’t having sex and crap.

I feel sorry for the 10 and 11 year olds you know. I don't know an like that, and the 14, 15 and 16 year olds I know are not of that mind set either.

51 posted on 08/06/2013 5:34:35 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: workerbee

My daughter has it together. She has a few friends that she has sleepovers with, that she has known for years. I trust her completely because she is trustworthy because she has a father who loves her but has taught her boundaries. We joke about her not having to “give it up to assholes” because she was neglected by her father like some of her more tragic classmates. You have no idea what you’re talking about.


52 posted on 08/06/2013 5:35:30 PM PDT by Maceman (Just say "NO" to tyranny.)
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To: GeronL
I think its about time for a swing back on the pendulum when middle schools are letting boys and girls shower together

Where in heck is that happening? It sure isn't happening where I live.

53 posted on 08/06/2013 5:39:20 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: Gabz

MA and CA allow it if one of the kids claims to be “transgender”... the original MA bill would have accused students who did not want to shower with a tranny of a hate crime.


54 posted on 08/06/2013 5:40:27 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Maceman

Just make sure it’s not above a pet store with boa constrictors, and you will be fine.


55 posted on 08/06/2013 5:50:34 PM PDT by Defiant (In the next rebellion, the rebels will be the ones carrying the American flag.)
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To: GeronL

So, obviously your broad brush comment was incorrect. Your statement came across as if this was some common occurrence, not just some isolated situations in some weird states.


56 posted on 08/06/2013 5:52:26 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: Maceman
“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” ― H.L. Mencken
57 posted on 08/06/2013 5:55:44 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: Maceman

This is ridiculous on so many levels, it boggles the mind.


58 posted on 08/06/2013 5:55:58 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Maceman
I just don't live on that planet, the Planet "parenting expert."

Creepy is right.

59 posted on 08/06/2013 6:04:07 PM PDT by Prospero (Si Deus trucido mihi, ego etiam fides Deus.)
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To: Mygirlsmom

Yeah - all of that “stuff” don’t amount to a hill of beans. I grew up in a town like that. My 16 year old daughters have sleep-overs here, and sometimes at friend’s houses.

Although I’m guessing their mom’s don’t stay up until 3:00 am playing games and cards like my wife does! And having a bunch of girls in the back yard taking care of the firepit is nice. As long as they don’t put it out before I get to have at least one s’more.


60 posted on 08/06/2013 6:05:09 PM PDT by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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