Mom's Talk Question: Sleepovers: Love Them or Hate Them? Why?

As your kids come to you asking permission to have some friends over for a sleepover, do you embrace this opportunity for your child to socialize with their friends, or is it your worst nightmare?

What kind of parameters do you set? And what about the parents of the kids staying over. Are they asking for specific things for you to allow their kids to do?

How has technology influenced your decisions?

Thanks for your participation. And don't let this be the end but the beginning of this conversation. Take it into real-time face-to-face discussions at home and with fellow parents.

QUESTION: Sleepovers. Love them or hate them? Why?

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Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch invites you and your circle of friends to help build a community of support for mothers and their families right here in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff.

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Moms, dads, grandparents and the diverse families who make up our communities will have a new resource for the thousands of issues that arise while raising children.

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