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How can I convince my dad to let me sleepover?
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Well my dad will not let me sleepover at a friend of mine's house- actually not any of my friends! NOBODY! I known her for 7 years (thats more than half of my life!) My mom is okay with sleepovers but she says your dad needs to agree too. >:( I have only been to one sleepover in my life and only cuz my dad was in San Fransisco (Hehe he doesnt know) Well he says I can't sleepover because it is not safe.
How can I convince my dad to let me sleepover?!
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i know how it is too. expect in my case its not sleepovers. it is just going over there in general.. my parents wouldn't let me go over to a friends house unless they met their parents first.
so try getting your parents to meet with your friends parents before the sleepover. exchange numbers and let them talk things over.
talk to your dad and ask him for a compromise. say "if you talk to her parents and have contact with me over the phone and if i come home early, will you let me sleep over?"
don't beg and dont whine. that shows you're immature and trust me you wont get your way. act mature over it.
another thing.. if you dad says No again, don't pout. i know you'd probably want to because you didn't get your way. but if you don't pout and say "ok, i understand", your dad will realize that and realize that you're mature enough.
in the end, your parents are probably right. wouldn't you rather have parents who care about you and want to protect you, instead of parents who would let you do anything you wanted, but if you got hurt or in trouble, they wouldn't come save you?
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You missed out an important piece of information.. Your age!
Anyway, my dad was the same when I was younger. My mum was totally cool with me staying over my friends house, but my dad hated the idea.
What changed his mind was when it was my friends birthday and she had a sleepover.. she was one of my best friends, so naturally, I wanted to go.
My mum talked to my dad about it. They agreed they would take me there, pick me up and exchange telephone numbers with my friends parents.
This made my dad realize there wasn't much to worry about and if that small chance something DID happen, they would be able to contact him.
You should try it this way, too.
Tell him to talk to your friends parents beforehand and exchange telephone numbers.. tell him you will be on your best behaviour. Negotiate if you have to, for example, if he lets you go to her house, you will wash up for a week.
If nothing seems to change his mind, I know it sucks, but you will have to accept it for now. The less you go on and on about it, he will see you are mature.. and that maybe you can be trusted to do your own thing once in a while.
Things will get easier as you get older.. Remember, for some parents, it's harder to let go and see their kids grow up and become adults, hence being stricter.
Good luck, let me know what happens.
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