What age to stop cousin sleepovers?

[SunnySideDeepDown]

Well, not stop the sleepovers in their entirety but what age would you stop the mixed-gender sleepovers in the same room with cousins who are close and enjoy each others company?

How old is the eldest when you’d stop it, assuming they all still want to sleep in the same room?

How would you phrase it to the parents without causing tension?

FWIW - we have 6 cousins from two families who have a few sleepover a year.

Why? My kids and their cousins have lovely relationships and play together constantly!

If you read the post that's being called sexist you'll realise I was talking about MY CHILDREN AND FAMILY who I know better than you do, and my girls like makeup and their male cousins like games! That's why I provide them with such. They're not locked in rooms with things they're being brainwashed to like xx

Common sense ain't so common anymore I suppose. Nor is reading comprehension!

I'm sorry but personally I think it's pretty sad if your dd's primary interest is in looking at themselves in a mirror and painting their faces when there are a myriad of interesting and stimulating things they could be doing.

If they are happy doing this and you are happy them doing this then fair enough but you are being naive if you really don't see it as sexual stereo typing.

Make up nights from ten years old is pretty inappropriate

My brother was the only boy out of all our cousins. We all shared with him at various times without issue - although he was the youngest so probably by the time the older girls were away for uni etc and he was mid teens I think we must have stopped, but more because wider family dynamics changed than anything else.

Uh?? Boys get games and girls get makeup??!! Honestly don't know where to start.