I recently hosted a sleepover for my DC, aged 9. All of the children arrived with iPads and played on them during their stay, which I had not been expecting. Is this normal? I hadn’t anticipated all the screens but perhaps I have been naive. I was reluctant to give out the wifi code, but one of the children said she wanted to contact her mum on her device, so I let them all have wifi access. I would have expected this with teenagers, but not 9 and 10 year olds. It is so different from when I was that age.
YABU- yes it is normal for children to bring devices on sleepovers so they can play online games and message parents.
YANBU- it is not common for 9 year olds to take devices on sleepovers.