I occasionally have a friend's son to stay the night and she has my twin girls on another night. One of my DD's has never been over-enthusiastic about this but has gone reluctantly and seems to have had a good time, when I hear about it the next day.
They are due to go this Sat night and DT2 is adamant she isn't going. She often has trouble getting to sleep at home and needs quite a lot of reassurance at bed time and I think this is behind her reluctance to go.
I think, fine, this phase won't last forever, she's only 8, I'm not going to make her if she isn't comfortable with it. Her sister can go. But my friend thinks I should force her to go. She thinks I'm molly coddling her and should be 'firmer' with her to get her out of this silly phase.
Advice please you wise mumsnetters!