I saw this article today and I wanted to know what everyone else thought about it.
When I was growing up, sleepovers weren't a common thing among friends but we were allowed to stay at family member's houses. I never really felt I was missing out or anything so it didn't really affect me. But it seems to be the done now and it seems to be the done thing out here. It's almost as though you're depriving your child if you don't let them stay over the night at a friend's house. I have two boys. The youngest is too young to be staying anywhere without me. But the oldest very rarely stayed at non-family members houses. Nor did he have friends over to stay. No particular reason that's just how it was.
I know one day my youngest will want to have sleepovers at a friend's house or have one of his little friends over to stay. And I'm not really sure how I feel about that but I suppose I will cross that bridge when I come to it.
What does everyone else think about this matter?
I'm not a mother myself but I do have three stepchildren. Obviously anything regarding sleepovers was up to their parents. I'm not really sure if it was something they did a great deal of as they were growing up but whenever the question came up of them going to sleep round a friend's house, my husband and their mum considered it carefully and if they were comfortable with it, then the kids were allowed to go. Now they're all old enough to decide for themselves, and so far everything has been fine. I'm glad that they have these great childhood memories, as do me and my brothers and sisters. But I do know that sadly, not everyone has been so lucky. So I really don't blame parents who are a bit on the wary side of letting they're kids stay over at other people's houses.