Chiefsplanet advice

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Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

When I was a kid my parents were steadfast in not allowing sleepovers at all.

I hated it at the time but I fully plan on doing the same with my kids.

My dad's theory was nothing positive can happen at a sleepover that outweighs the negative that can happen when you let your children operate under someone else's rules for the night.

You no longer have control on what they watch, what they do, etc. You're now allowing someone else's morals to set the rules and frankly there are just too many idiots out there for my taste.

Of course it's easy to say as a single guy. :/

I don't think I'd agree with your parents' strategy. You can't keep your kids in a bubble the whole time they're growing up. You could end up with socially awkward kids who don't have experience making their own decisions. Despite what you try as a parent, you can't always have control over what they watch, do, etc. All you can do is try your best to instill good values and ideals, and trust that they apply those to their own life when you're not around. Your kid is going to end up in situations that you don't approve of, no matter what you do. But if you do a good job of teaching them, your kid will apply your morals to set the rules despite the environment, and not just accept the morals of whoever's supervision they happen to be under at the time.

There are absolutely too many idiots out there. But you'll fail if you simply try to keep them away from the idiots, as opposed to teaching them how to deal with the idiots.