https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:37:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-iswill-be-your-policy-about-your-lo-amp-sleepovers#post-146075 Thu, 03 May 2012 12:43:30 +0000 chopsuey 146075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No sleep overs (only at her cousins'). LO can have sleep overs at our house though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-iswill-be-your-policy-about-your-lo-amp-sleepovers#post-146073 Thu, 03 May 2012 12:43:01 +0000 heffalump 146073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents were always friends with my friends parents so it wasn't an issue. Hopefully it will be the same for LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-iswill-be-your-policy-about-your-lo-amp-sleepovers#post-146068 Thu, 03 May 2012 12:41:24 +0000 Alivoo01 146068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents never let me stay over, but was allowed to stay till might. My friends were allowed to stay over at my parent's place though. While I was bitter about not spending the night, I don't think I missed out on much. I'll probably instill the same philosophy on my kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-iswill-be-your-policy-about-your-lo-amp-sleepovers#post-145907 Thu, 03 May 2012 11:02:50 +0000 LuLu Mom 145907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Growing up I lived in a very small community so all the parents pretty much knew each other. My parents were pretty good about letting me stay over when I was younger since all my friends were people they knew. It was when I got to high school and some parents were way more leinent with partying/no curfew/that they started to regulate where I stayed. Not that it always worked, as I was a master at manipulating the truth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-iswill-be-your-policy-about-your-lo-amp-sleepovers#post-145889 Thu, 03 May 2012 10:52:11 +0000 Lozza 145889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm, not sure yet. Lots of our friends have kids within 1 year of LO's age, so I'm sure there will be plenty of sleepovers with them, but honestly? Sleepovers are a pain to orchestrate and often end up with overtired cranky kids. I'm tempted to not really do them just for those reasons. :)<br /> (I'm totally turning into the mom my eight-year-old self swore I would never be...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-iswill-be-your-policy-about-your-lo-amp-sleepovers#post-145874 Thu, 03 May 2012 10:43:40 +0000 Mrs. Blue 145874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The post about moving and trusting people made me think of this issue. When I was a kid, I thought my parents were so mean about sleepovers. I could only stay at my friends' houses if my parents knew their parents pretty well and if they spoke to that parent about where we'd be, what we'd be doing, etc. When they knew the parent really well, they were a bit more relaxed. One time, I wanted to stay with a girl who lived with just her dad, who my parents didn't really know. They ended up saying i could go if we slept at her grandma's house. I was kind of embarrassed that they made us do that. After that "slumber party," when I told my parents that this girl had told me how she masturbates with a stuffed animal (we were in 2nd grade), I was definitely not allowed to stay with her at any home again, though they said she could stay at our house. I'm sure that after that they suspected she had been abused and had no idea by whom.</p> <p> As an adult, I can see that they were just being cautious and careful with us. We lived in a small town and my parents knew most people at least by reputation, but I wander how I'll handle this with my kids since we live in bigger places where we won't just know the parents of our kids' classmates. I don't think I would let them stay overnight unless it was with family or we knew the parents very well.</p> <p>What will your policy be? </p>