Child Care, Older Kids And Sleepovers - Am I Alone?

[jen]

I totally agree. We have a revolving door here and although it's loud and sometimes crazy (there were 7 kids here last Tuesday night) I know all my kids friends and they like being here. I just keep lots of snacks, board games and movies around and ban them from my bedroom so there is a haven. ::

LOL...The BIG TV is on our bedroom. One night my husband and I left the older kids home alone while we ran to the store. When we got home, I found 7 teenaged boys in my bedroom playing video games! I about died! Our room is off limits!!!! YIKES!

[countrymom]

so today, we are switching rooms around. So my odd is 14 (next week) and we are giving her ds's ueen bed (use to belong to her) well dh is trying to bribe her that if she gets a single bed then she can have her friends sleep over. So I point out to him that she is in highschool next year, who does he think she's going to invite, the boys. Dh's response was, "well if she keeps the ueen bed then they will all sleep in the bed together at least with the single they have to sleep on the floor" omg dd was so embarressed.

I forgot that when odd turned 10 we hosted a sleep over. We rented 3 hotel rooms (it had a water slide) so dh and I (and our 2 younger kids) slept in one room, and the other 2 rooms held 5 girls each. I have never ever seen needy, pathetic, whiney children like I did at this sleep over. We had one girl crying the whole night because she missed her mom, her brothers, her house....another child wanting to run wild because her mother wasn't there, I can go on but this was the last time we hosted a sleep over.

nan-I can't believe adults behave like that, oh wait, yes I can. The minute they find out that you run a daycare, you become the free sitter. Good for you for standing up, sure it takes a village to raise children but I don't think it means a village by yourself.