Posted on 08/06/2013 3:28:27 PM PDT by 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
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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.
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.
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.
I think its about time for a swing back on the pendulum when middle schools are letting boys and girls shower together
I have to say, you're the parent that worries me.
IMO these recommmdations seem to reflect a religious right slant or bias, rather than coming from nanny staters. Either way, they are creepy.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
Where in heck is that happening? It sure isn't happening where I live.
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.
Just make sure it’s not above a pet store with boa constrictors, and you will be fine.
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.
This is ridiculous on so many levels, it boggles the mind.
Creepy is right.
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.
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