Will you approve a sleepover for a 12 year old girl at her friend's house?

My 12 year old daughter wants to sleep over at her friend's house. I said no, because I don't know her friend's parents and I don't know the background of the child's family. And now, she is mad at me because I wont let her have a sleepover tomorrow. I said to her she could stay there from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm, but no sleepover. She is still not happy with it. My husband is not helping at all as he just keep on saying "yes" to sleepover, contradicting me once again. I am upset and not happy. I am just avoiding the topic now and put myself on a timeout. 😭

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Notladylike

I have a rule of no sleepovers for my daughter. I work with children who’ve been victims of abuse, it’s not uncommon for people in my line of work to adopt the same rule, even the police I talk to won’t allow their kids to have sleepovers. I believe it’s not worth the risk but it still seems controversial to a lot of people

tryingtobeOK · 36-40, F

It's merely the safety of my daughter, that's my first priority. I also don't know who will be the people in that household.@Notladylike

Notladylike

@tryingtobeOK Exactly you have no idea. The amount of cases I see where siblings in the household have abused their own siblings friends. Trust your instinct on this one I totally agree with you