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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DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

No,speaking from someone who knows. you are doing the right thing. My mom was like this but as she got older her alcoholism got worse and she quite literally let my sister and I do whatever we wanted

Granted we had good morals and values and didn’t do anything that we shouldn’t.

But I would go to peoples house and later to find out their parents were using drugs. I lost around 30 people I graduated with last year to overdoses

I found out one of my best friends was using meth secretly behind my back and I was too dumb and young to know wtf was going on

I eventually met my boyfriend who was 19 and I was 14. He got me pregnant at age 17 and my life quite literally has never been the same lol

I look back at when we were younger and I’m very glad she did tell me no all the times that she did but I wish she had told me no more. Especially when I was older and that’s when kids tend to get into trouble

You are doing the right thing and your husband probably just wants some alone time but it’s not worth it