General Conference Predictions

[scottie]

50 bucks says BKP got wind of Marlin K. Jensen's sympathy for gays, hence the talk.

[TripletDaddy]

What the heck is going on at your sleepovers?

My memories of spending the night at friends homes:

Eat pizza
Stay up late playing board games or video games
Go swimming
Sneak out at night and TP a friend's house

That was about it and it was great fun. Is it common for kids to be looking at porn, doing drugs, or drinking? What kind of "friend vetting" is going on with your kids?

I'm really surprised to hear this, honestly. I really liked spending the night and having friends over. My visits to friends homes were a large part of what introduced me to the church and let me see what the gospel was like inside the home. Don't discount this as you decide to turn away your childrens' friends.

[Jeff Lebowski]

What the heck is going on at your sleepovers?

Let's just say that the cops brought me home a time or two.

My memories of spending the night at friends homes:

Eat pizza
Stay up late playing board games or video games
Go swimming
Sneak out at night and TP a friend's house

All of which you can wrap up by midnight or 1 am and then come home.

That was about it and it was great fun. Is it common for kids to be looking at porn, doing drugs, or drinking? What kind of "friend vetting" is going on with your kids?

I'm really surprised to hear this, honestly. I really liked spending the night and having friends over. My visits to friends homes were a large part of what introduced me to the church and let me see what the gospel was like inside the home. Don't discount this as you decide to turn away your childrens' friends.

That's funny. Our kids have had friends that practically lived at our house. Except they went home at night and slept in their own beds.

[Surfah]

My friend's mom used to make me sleep in my underwear even though I packed pajamas. I always thought this was weird and made me slightly uncomfortable but I always did as told. I asked my friend if his mom made him sleep in his underwear. He said no and gave me a crazy look.

Coincidentally, or maybe not, she was the first woman I ever saw naked.

[creekster]

We sort of did a middle road approach. We let them have sleepovers but we made it very clear that we needed to know the family, have met the parents and have had the child at our house for at least a meal or along play date first. I can see both sides of the issue, to be honest.

[Portland Ute]

Which part is immoral, the gay acts, or the gay marriage?

Why don't we go all the way and criminalize all LDS immorality, if that's the way we are thinking about these things? Let's outlaw green tea and R-rated movies.

There are, no doubt, people in the Mormon community that would love to do just that if they were in a position do do so.

[il Padrino Ute]

Coincidentally, or maybe not, she was the first woman I ever saw naked.

Tell us more.

[Portland Ute]

I too enjoyed Elder Ballard's talk. It wasn't a condemning talk, but a talk of concern and reaching out. If I was addicted to anything, that talk would inspire me to get help.

Maybe next conference he will talk on those who don't go to Sunday School or Priesthood meeting and he will inspire me to go.

Good heavens I hope not!

I quite like the hour long break I have between Priesthood and Sacrament meeting.

[Danimal]

Let's just say that the cops brought me home a time or two.



All of which you can wrap by midnight or 1 am and then come home.



That's funny. Our kids have had friends that practically lived at our house. Except they went home at night and slept in their own beds.

We have the same rule. Even when you get to know people reasonably well, you don't know what really goes on in their home. You also don't know when creepy uncle bob who you've never met decides to drop by their house for the evening. I've worked with enough sex offenders that I generally am pretty conservative about the situations i place my children in. Plus, Marsupial was exposed to some pretty bad behavior by her friends' parents on sleepovers growing up, which of course, she never told her parents and i assume my kids wouldn't tell me.

[Green Monstah]

Tell us more.

Ashamed to admit I was thinking the same thing.

[TripletDaddy]

Let's just say that the cops brought me home a time or two.



All of which you can wrap by midnight or 1 am and then come home.



That's funny. Our kids have had friends that practically lived at our house. Except they went home at night and slept in their own beds.

I guess my original question still stands. If you let the kids stay until 1, what else are they doing between 1 and when they wake up in the morning that you would require them to come home. Maybe I wasn't enough of a hellion as a 12 year old. I haven't developed the anti-sleepover vibe but admittedly I never went to one that was dangerous or corrupt.

Also, part of the fun of the sleepover is waking up and making breakfast, etc. The whole nine yards. I guess the kids can wake up early in the morning and head back to their friends house for that, but doesn't sound as fun to me.

[Maximus]

My friend's mom used to make me sleep in my underwear even though I packed pajamas. I always thought this was weird and made me slightly uncomfortable but I always did as told. I asked my friend if his mom made him sleep in his underwear. He said no and gave me a crazy look.

Coincidentally, or maybe not, she was the first woman I ever saw naked.

[il Padrino Ute]

Ashamed to admit I was thinking the same thing.

Having been one to blurt out what's on my mind pretty much my entire life, I no longer feel any shame, embarrassment or chagrin.

[Pheidippides]

Ooh, M Russell Ballard takes on prescriptive medication addiction.

I hope my family was listening.

[Pheidippides]

I grew up in a house with this exact rule. I plan to have the same rule in my house.

It makes much sense to me and I think I will follow suit.