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Why don't most parents let their children sleep at their friend's house?

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Answer #1

Uhm, well I don’t know about anybody elses parents but mine let me go sleep at friends houses. Although I wasn’t allowed to until I was like 10 or 12 years old. There’s many reasons why the parent may not allow it - such as you’re not responsible enough, they’re overprotective, don’t like the friend, don’t like the family, don’t like where the house is at, no supervision and many more. Try asking the parent why and maybe you can convince them it will be okay but you’ll never know the real reason until you ask because every ones parental thoughts are different.

Answer #2

As far as I know, most parents do… But like Kayla said…it’s probably your fault if you’re not allowed. :] Well, I said that. But that’s what I took from her answer, lol.

Answer #3

Probably because they’re over protective or they don’t trust their friends..

Answer #4

maybe they dont trust your friends…you know they are probably scared and worried from watching all those news reports of kidnapping, raping, killing…this just means they are worried about you and love you alot…they’re afraid of losing you.

Answer #5

I have to agree with Kayla. Parents can be very protective of their children and they will naturally prevent their kids from having sleepovers because they are worried for their safety. I’m not saying sleepovers are dangerous like ‘Oh God no, if you have this sleepover and one of your sleepover friends farts in the night, the gasses will be so toxic that you won’t be able to breathe!’. Yes that was a bad joke, even in a hypothetical context that was awful, but the point is, parents have limited trust with people they know very little about, if they know anything about them at all. They are also very quick to judge (personal experience as I was often on the receiving end of such judgements.)

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