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Is it common practice for parents of their children's sleepover party to prohibit the other children from bringing cell phones to the sleepover. My daughter was told this by the hosting parent, and I thought this was a little strange. I'm new to this. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
When my adult children were kids cell phones were not as prevalent as they are now so no issues at all.
If the hosting parent is concerned with cell phone use while the other children are there perhaps the hosting parent should have a table inside the door for all cell phones to be set on when they get there. Then if there is some issue all the children know where their cell phones are located and can get to them if needed.
I agree with calling the parent to ask why. But I have to say, nothing less fun than a sleepover with each attendee with their nose buried in their phone, texting others. I think that's very anti-social.
Is it common practice for parents of their children's sleepover party to prohibit the other children from bringing cell phones to the sleepover. My daughter was told this by the hosting parent, and I thought this was a little strange. I'm new to this. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Never had that issue when I was the sleep over age.
I got a phone at 15 but still had sleep overs well until I graduated, I never was told I couldn't bring my phone. If a parent said I couldn't bring it, my mom wouldn't have had to of said no my daughter couldn't go, I would tell the friend first we could have the sleep over at my place then and that I was never sleeping over again if that was the case.
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There would be no sleepover for us then. That would be a huge red flag to me. I could see where the parents would be afraid of the kids playing with a cell phone all night, but hey, it's a sleepover - they are not going to sleep anyway.
Not so much a red flag, just more of a control issue. Their kids probably have to put their phones somewhere like the kitchen to charge at night and aren't allowed to have them after certain hours in their bedrooms and the hosting parent probably wants to keep that rule and keep phones out of the room after a certain hour.
But again, my kid wouldn't be going because I don't believe in parenting that strict and my kids wouldn't be required to do that and I wouldn't let them go into a situation like that, where they couldn't call me if needed.
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What would you have done if this was pre-cell phone era?
But this isn't the pre-cell phone era, were in the cell phone era, instead of focusing on what we did before cell phones, why not just focus on now?
---My opinion on this, its my child, my childs phone that I pay for, my child either brings their phone and keeps it with them all night or they don't go at all. None of this putting it in the kitchen to charge crap, what if it gets lost, what if another child knocks it off the counter, what if my child wants to text me quietly with out making a scene because they want to go home, they have that right and if another parent has an issue then she has one less kid to watch that night and next weekend I'll throw an even better sleepover party for my child and their friends and I won't be the sleepover nazi.
I'm going to think that the parent doesn't want pictures taken with cell phones from the sleep over and then sent around. I think she is trying to be a good parent. However, if there is a question, I would call the parent hosting the party and ask why. Based on that conversation, I would then make my descision as to whether my child would be available for the party.
This makes the most sense.
One of my youngest's friends decided to record several of them singing and dancing at a sleepover which she posted to youtube and linked on Facebook. My youngest was one of the children filmed. I contacted the parents of the child who filmed/posted who were unaware of what their child had been doing, and that she had circumvented age restrictions on youtube.
Meanwhile the children who were in the video were subjected to ridiculous and cruel comments from those who viewed it until the video was pulled.
I don't blame the parents for saying no cell phones
Another experience I had was on a holiday house tour. Several homeowners stated no cameras or cell phones. One of the docents explained that homeowners. Were concerned about valuables being recorded for possible theft.
One of my youngest's friends decided to record several of them singing and dancing at a sleepover which she posted to youtube and linked on Facebook. My youngest was one of the children filmed. I contacted the parents of the child who filmed/posted who were unaware of what their child had been doing, and that she had circumvented age restrictions on youtube.
Meanwhile the children who were in the video were subjected to ridiculous and cruel comments from those who viewed it until the video was pulled.
I don't blame the parents for saying no cell phones
Another experience I had was on a holiday house tour. Several homeowners stated no cameras or cell phones. One of the docents explained that homeowners. Were concerned about valuables being recorded for possible theft.
Omg its youtube, people post mean comments on the cat videos.
This has only happened to my dd once. She was invited to a sleepover at a local resort where her friend's parents have a condo. The mom called me beforehand and asked if I would mind if she held dd's cellphone. At the time there had been a lot of drama around cell phones and nasty text messages at our middle school. She didn't want it to distract the girls from having fun.
She had no problem having dd call me whenever she wanted or having me call her, and gave me her cell phone number and her husband's cell phone number. I know them well and trust them and didn't have a problem with it.
It worked out fine. DD called me before she went to bed to let me know they were having a great time and again in the morning when they left the resort.
Maybe the mom the OP posted about has similar concerns about kids misusing their phones. I would certainly check it out.
But this isn't the pre-cell phone era, were in the cell phone era, instead of focusing on what we did before cell phones, why not just focus on now?
---My opinion on this, its my child, my childs phone that I pay for, my child either brings their phone and keeps it with them all night or they don't go at all. None of this putting it in the kitchen to charge crap, what if it gets lost, what if another child knocks it off the counter, what if my child wants to text me quietly with out making a scene because they want to go home, they have that right and if another parent has an issue then she has one less kid to watch that night and next weekend I'll throw an even better sleepover party for my child and their friends and I won't be the sleepover nazi.
You admitted to not having children, yet continue to post 'advice' and are pro cellphone cameras at children's slumber parties. On another post, you had no issues with photos being lifted off Facebook, photoshopped and uploaded to pornography web sites.
This has only happened to my dd once. She was invited to a sleepover at a local resort where her friend's parents have a condo. The mom called me beforehand and asked if I would mind if she held dd's cellphone. At the time there had been a lot of drama around cell phones and nasty text messages at our middle school. She didn't want it to distract the girls from having fun.
She had no problem having dd call me whenever she wanted or having me call her, and gave me her cell phone number and her husband's cell phone number. I know them well and trust them and didn't have a problem with it.
It worked out fine. DD called me before she went to bed to let me know they were having a great time and again in the morning when they left the resort.
Maybe the mom the OP posted about has similar concerns about kids misusing their phones. I would certainly check it out.
Yeah, if my kid had a cell phone, I wouldn't be paying for OTHER PEOPLE to hold on to it. If I pay for it, it better be used and by the person its paid for.
This has only happened to my dd once. She was invited to a sleepover at a local resort where her friend's parents have a condo. The mom called me beforehand and asked if I would mind if she held dd's cellphone. At the time there had been a lot of drama around cell phones and nasty text messages at our middle school. She didn't want it to distract the girls from having fun.
She had no problem having dd call me whenever she wanted or having me call her, and gave me her cell phone number and her husband's cell phone number. I know them well and trust them and didn't have a problem with it.
It worked out fine. DD called me before she went to bed to let me know they were having a great time and again in the morning when they left the resort.
Maybe the mom the OP posted about has similar concerns about kids misusing their phones. I would certainly check it out.
You admitted to not having children, yet continue to post 'advice' and are pro cellphone cameras at children's slumber parties. On another post, you had no issues with photos being lifted off Facebook, photoshopped and uploaded to pornography web sites.
Talk about red flags.
Yeah, I don't have kids, I am talking about IF I did.
And yeah, big deal, I had a phone with a camera on it and I went to sleepovers, I wasn't a moron, if you're that worried, disable the picture messaging/uploading feature while they are younger like 13-16 age and then after that they should be past that moronic stage of idiocy.
And I was talking about myself with the pictures being lifted off of facebook. I really don't care, its out of my control unless I choose not to use facebook but I choose to use facebook. So my head may get posted on someone else's body, better post it on someone who's hot and in shape. I don't see why everyone gets so distraught, your close friends and family know it's not you who cares what a bunch of blithering morons are your high school or work think? They wanna believe its actually you and say crap about it, then its their loss because at the end of the day at least your not as dense as they are and that's all that should matter.
I think as a society we get way to bent out of shape over things, we also make a huge deal over things.
But if I was a parent, my kids would be friends with kids I could trust, that I knew had a good head on their shoulders, I shouldn't have to feel the need to confiscate everyone's cell phones because I don't trust them to have them at a sleep over, especially older teens. I would never tell a 16/17 year old friend of my child they couldn't have their phone with them overnight, I wouldn't treat them like some 11 year old.
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