Comments on: Mixed Gender Sleepovers: Cause for Scandal or Celebration of Diversity

By: Marilyn B.

Marilyn B. — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:28:08 +0000

When our daughter was 13,she went to a mixed gender slumber party hosted by a friend of hers who was in puberty and bedwetting because of it.The girl wore cloth diapers and plastic pants to bed every night,so at bedtime,to help the girl out,the daughter and the other girls put on her diapers and plastic pants and wore them to bed.The boys thought it was cute that the girls were wearing the diapers and plastic pants and none of them even thought about wanting to fool around with the girls!

By: Madinmadison496

Madinmadison496 — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 18:41:32 +0000

In reply to Jaroslav. No such thing as a "unisex nightdress". That's a female thing. You can spin it anyway you want, but no normal boy would be caught dead in a nightdress.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:32:28 +0000

For curiosities sake I did a sexual abuser search on family watchdog for Berkley and found 49 Mapped Offenders and 23 Un-Mapped Offenders there. So I am really not sure about your logic in thinking that Berkley is a safe place for children and that all parents and their children that live there are safe and are safe people. Rationalizing away reality is dangerous for your children.

By: Jaroslav

Jaroslav — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 10:39:29 +0000

Here in the Netherlands, parents often organize slumber parties for their kids especially int he winter, season of cocooning. Boys and girls are dressed in the same unisex nightdresses and will sleep in the same room, often on matresses on the floor. I never heard about any trouble.

By: Adam G

Adam G — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:23:45 +0000

I love this talk and point of view. We haven’t been to any mixed gender sleepovers in Chicago yet. Mostly because at this age, 11, (or at least in my son’s class) boys hang with boys and girls with girls.

This reminds me of the craziness In the 80’s, when it was a big scandal if a teacher were gay, as if that automatically made him or her a pedophile, and a danger to children, when NOTHING could be further from the truth.

Thanks for speaking truth to soccer moms.

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:59:15 +0000

Hi Roberto, societies sometimes can be really harsh on our kids. There are so many things that I worry about when it comes to societal norms and how they hinder our kids’ growth. You’re a great parent. More power to you!