Sleepovers are seen by many as an essential childhood experience – but what do you do if your child doesn’t want to go?
that her nine-year-old daughter is heading back to school in the next few weeks and the invitations to sleepovers are “gathering steam”.“She keeps asking us questions about what will happen if she can’t get to sleep or if she can’t find the bathroom during the night because it’s dark.Child psychotherapist Joanna Fortune admitted she is not a “massive advocate” for sleepovers, particularly for someone so young.
“This is in no way a judgement because I think if they work for people and you’re happy with them and you’ve got a reciprocal system with likeminded parents or group of parents, then absolutely go for it if works for your kids,” she said.“It sounds like this is a bit of a thing in the class group, it is not compulsory.”“Her concerns are valid,” she said.
The child psychotherapist acknowledged there are supposed benefits to sleepovers, such as increased social interaction outside of school.“The con is you’re putting kids in a new environment without their familiar bits and bobs and comforts.“Even if they come in their pyjamas, watch a movie, eat pizza – and go home at 9pm.”host Shane Coleman previously argued that sleepovers put “unnecessary pressure” on kids.
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