[HappyMomAnna]

I love my daughter more then anything--but right now this love also means that I must make the adult decisions.... I have to understand that allowing my beautiful daughter to spend the night someplace else could hurt her in the end.... She might be the one to teach another child things children should not be doing.... and there is really NO point in exposing her to such risks...

What is wrong with having fun all you want and sleeping in your own bed? It is the best rule to have when your children become young adults and want to sleep at everyone elses home.... It was nice and handy to have this RULE when my 18 year old daughter wanted to spend the night at her boy friends house...Sorry but did she say she lived at my house?--YES, well then the rule is you sleep in your bed if you live at my house...If you want to sleep other places get your own apartment....
I loved having my rule with that situation.....saved me some real head aches with my sort of adult child...By the way she is doing very fine in her own apartment and about to finish university!

Yes--camp outs are fun and I don't see them the same as sleeping in the neighbors basement....

Some of the children take a long time for us to really know who they are---It took us nearly a year to discover that our beautiful little girl had a problem with stealing..... so young.....but part of her life expereince we didn't know about until it happened Several times.....

I might have over protected my biological children by not allow all the overnighter stuff--and other things as well---but, I am pretty thankful they are the people they are now...

I guess I don't see how playing half the night and falling asleep then waking up with people in a different house---is some right of passage for children.... I think going to sleep with OUR Families is Always a good thing and helps build stronger families and eleminates much of the social battles we face with 16--17--18 year olds....Its just real simple--here is your bed be in it.