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In a way this is a harder age to please than sixteen pluses. Sixteen pluses want alcohol, music and the opposite sex. Many thirteen to fifteen year olds want exactly the same but for moral and legal reasons they can’t have it, so an alternative needs to be found. They may also still be at the age where they want to invite the whole class, but personally that’s not a good idea. Small is manageable. So unless your children come up with some workable ideas, offer some suggestions. For instance, you will treat six friends to the cinema, pizza supper and let them sleep over. Even at this age they may start asking if boys can sleep over, and your decision may well depend on your nervous system, the size of your house and compliance. If you agree, make it quite clear, boys in one room and girls in another. As a parent holding a mixed sleep-over you have a responsibility to the other parents to try and avoid the risk of exposing their children to sexual activity.