At what age are opposite sex sleepovers inappropriate?

well children meet the age of reason at 7. So I would say at 6 max is the cut off...but I'm thinking somethingl like when one parent is babysitting and the parents are coming home late. I would also have them in separate rooms or in the living/family room.

but then again, I'm not a parent. I'm only 15. So what do I know?

Sleepover Sex

I would say boy/girl sleep over is never ok. Unless it was a cousin. I understand yes inviting the girls over for a little bit but not staying the night I wouldn't have let my 8 year old stay if there was some one of the opposite sex staying the night.

I think boy/girl sleep overs are something like after a school dance (prom) when the teens are like 17+. I was allowed to stay at my boyfriends house when we were 17 and 19. But at that time our parents knew we were sexually active and we had been together for over a year at that point. I have see to many pre-teens even on this website post about having sex or thinking about it. Soon there will be 8 and 9 year olds kissing and God only knows what else (yes your right not sex) but lets not push it. I agree its just a bad idea. I can't believe that mother would OK that. I don't think she would be watching them the WHOLE time either. Some time parents have to fall asleep and being a teenage I learned that fast.

I m 14 soon to be 15 and I find it kind of outrageous that a girl s parents that I have know since I was a little kid won t allow me to sleepover at my friends house just because we re the opposite gender. What can I do?

I don t think there should be a limit of age when someone can as long as they can be trusted by an adult that knows them.

It is fine. I am 13 years old (and I know you probably don't want a 13 year old answering this). I've had a ton of co-ed sleepovers. We even slept in the same room. No one has kissed, had sex, hugged, or even held hands. the adults just checked on us every so often. parents think that we are going to have sex at a co-ed sleepover, but as long as there is more then just 2 people then chances are we wont, and most people wouldnt even if there were just 2 people.

I don't really think its an issue.

I actually think its Nice that they are close friends and can spend the night in each others company (obviously not in a perverted way)

But i think the main thing is that if you allow them to stay out with boys and girls then it will not be such an issue when they are older and they are less likely to be sharing beds and having sex because it will just be a normal thing to them.

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As long as they're well-chaperoned, there is no age consideration. Some junior high schools have had school-wide sleepovers for occasions like Halloween.

Kids get together easily enough on their own. There is probably much less hanky-panky going on at chaperoned sleepovers than any afternoon after school.

to me, 5 or 6 is a good cutoff.

i used to take baths with my sister. one time i took one with my cousin (a boy...lol).

but i was little it didn't really matter.

i think when you're 14 (like me) coed sleepovers are asking for trouble.

at 8, it depends on the parent. i wouldn't.

at 12, i SURELY wouldn't.

I don't really see any problem with it if they are just little 8 year olds. But once your child turns 13 I see a problem.

It just strikes me as a little odd for a boy's parents to let

him invite girls to a sleepover party in 3rd or 2nd grade. yw.

I don't actually see a problem? Yes, they may be kids, but every single adult seems to think that all they will have is sex.

I have had NUMEROUS coed sleepovers. Guess what? We slept in the SAME ROOM. NO ONE HAD SEX.

Edit: People will tell you that they will try sex.