by Shannon Lisa

Created on: April 26, 2008

A lot of people think that the answer to this question should automatically be 'No'. There is some good reasoning behind it. Some people believe that coed sleepovers may lead to sex or sexual activities, others think it is wholly inappropriate no matter what, others still think girls and boys should never see each other in their night clothes unless they are siblings, so many people are forgetting that not only are these thoughts and views very old fashioned and most assuredly not always true...perhaps the greatest thing that is being forgotten is the fact that sexual experimentation occurs at sleepovers with the same gender as well.

Shocking? No, we've all heard the jokes in sitcoms about the girls who 'practiced' on each other at their slumber parties. It's a joke on television because it has happened in real life. If you are really so worried about your teen doing sexual things with other teens then you should just not let them go anywhere or do anything, even though that would make you a real crappy parent.

I was a teen not that long ago, they really hate the way you treat them like they're stupid just so you know. Now I understand there are a lot more forward thinking parents out there than there were when I was younger (though there were a lot), but there are simply not enough forward thinking parents. You as the parent need to grow up and realize that your child has done just that already....grown up and realized. They know they are old enough to make SOME decision on their own, even though sometimes they think they're old enough to make all the decisions. I remember being a teen, and I remember being stupid. I also remember learning from those stupid mistakes I made. My parents tried to stop me of course. No coed sleepovers, funny I never told them I'm interested in boys......AND girls. My father and step mother never would have allowed me to spend the night at a friends house if they knew I was attracted to girls. I wasn't experimenting with any of my friends just so you know, my parents were just really strict. I asked them if I was a lesbian, would they let me spend the night at my guy friends houses; they said no. Apparently it is just plain inappropriate for a girl to spend the night at a guy's house regardless of whether or not she is into him physically. I never understood their logic, so I lied to them all the time and snuck out and spent the night at boys and girls houses all the time. I never had sex. Not once. Not with any of the boys or any

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