What do you think?
Sleepover is one of the big staples of most of our childhoods, especially as teenagers.
Staying up late with your friends, watching movies, eating junk food and of course gossiping.
As we turn from being the child to being the parent we accept that it is now our turn to put up with the crazy kids and noisy nights that come with sleepovers. Our parents paid their dues and now it’s our turn.
Well, that is all of us except for this mum who is just not having any of it.
Recently a mum shared the list of rules she made her child sign before having a sleepover and, well, it’s a bit much.
Reading through the rules was like reading a manual on how not to have fun.
The rules include the following:
1)No touching or tickling. Anyone seen to be touching anyone else will be physically separated and sent home early.
2)No changing in front of each other. All changing must be done independently. No one can be nude in front of anyone else.
3)No being too loud. This includes shouting and playing electronics.
4)And — last but not least — no complaining.
The mum also put in the end that she will not acknowledge any requests from any of the children until she is ready in her own time.
There was also a clause at the bottom to say that any child seen to have broken one of these rules would never be invited over again.
To be honest, if I were a kid going on this sleepover I don’t think I would want to be invited back. You basically have to sit quietly at least an arm’s length away from everyone else at all times.
I wasn’t the only person who thought she was being way too strict as many replied to the original post;
“This lady’s kids are going to have NO friends.”
“Imagine your kid coming home from a sleepover saying ‘Oh, well as soon as I got there, Ms. ___ had me sign a contract’….I think I would instantly be ALL THE WAY [expletive] up even before seeing this nonsense.”
“The changing clothes one is the weirdest to me. Like, oh no, your child might see someone’s underoos?!? Like, running around in our undies was a point of order for me and my friends at that age. And in later years, skinny dipping at the creek. People this uptight shouldn’t have kids. If these rules continue in this vein, she’s just gonna raise a hella rebellious teenager.”
Some took the side of the mum and said that parents who didn’t like the rules didn’t have to send their children in future.
Personally, I just don’t think she should host sleepovers if she wants silent children who aren’t going to jump around and make noise. That’s sort of the point.
