My daughter is turning 13 at the end of the month. She wants to have a sleepover, but the last two times it has been super chaotic and we got no sleep. She doesn't want it to be lame and she wants a co-ed party. Please help, I can't think of anything that isn't lame to her.
By Sarah
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A co-Ed sleepover for young teens is a terrible idea. Teens are impulsive and many levels of sexual intimacy may occur.
If you have a sleepover either figure on no sleep or sit everyone down at the beginning of the party and set ground rules about noise levels after a certain hour.
Many wonderful memories can be made at sleepovers. When our children were kids we had tons of sleepovers with them making their own pizzas, I made the dough, they squished it out and topped it. All night movie marathons and video gams were the order of the day. Early breakfast and sending them home first thing in the morning gave us a chance to catch up on our rest.
Catch a nap the day of and the day after. Think long range, you are building a strong relationship which can help in the turbulent teen years.
Honestly, I have strict parents that hate the noise reaching a high level. But when I tell my friends to shut up we never have fun. Let your kids have fun and be loud if they want because you can always catch up on sleep, but you can't catchup on having fun with your friends and making memorable memories. Honestly every time I get yelled at for the noise ,and have to tell my friends to quiet down, it's embarrassing.
At my friends parties, their parents understand we are having fun and it is honestly so much more fun than having to tell my guests every 10 minutes to quiet down.
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