by Morgan Watkins

Created on: June 26, 2008

When groups of girls get together for a sleepover, there's chick flicks, snacks, and makeovers. When groups of guys get together, they usually play video games or just watch movies. So what happens when guys and girls are put together during a sleepover? This is where the debate comes in. Teenagers should not be able to have coed sleepovers because of the temptations involved. Now, you might be thinking I'm just a parent that doesn't want my kid to be led down the wrong path. This is not the case. I'm a teenager myself and still in high school. I've heard of many friends making the wrong decisions at these coed sleepovers. When guys and girls get together to hang out all night, they could end up making the wrong decisions.

However, there are some things you must consider when thinking about this debate. I'm saying no to this debate because I'm considering a coed sleepover a situation when a group of girls and boys are at a friends house sleeping over for the night. Schools and churches both have "all nighters" which are packed with people and fun. The difference most of the time between these all nighters and coed sleepovers is the number of parent chaperone's. At church and school all nighters, there are many rules set and adult supervisors to make sure these rules are followed. However, if a group of girls and guys are spending the night at a friends house, there is no way to tell how many adults there are and if they will just be sleeping or actually supervising. Even if you do call the adult who will be there, if you do not know the adult they may not be trust worthy. I've had my friend's mom talk to all the teenagers parents and tell them that they were safe at her home. Later on, she drank too much alcohol and there was no way she was sober enough to supervise us. Situations like this do occur.

I am a teenager, and I have personally dealt with the temptations involved at these sleepovers. Parents are not always supervising, and most of the time they fall asleep even if they were supervising. This leaves the teenagers with an easy way to slip into trouble. I'm not saying your teenager will for sure have sex if you let them go to a coed sleepover. I'm saying they can sometimes fall into trouble without even realizing it. A simple game of truth or dare could turn into a game not so innocent. They will start the game with the mind set that it's just truth or dare, and soon enough they will be making out with one of the guys with their shirts off. This is an

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