Dear Queenie,
How old should a child be to stop sleeping in the same bed with their grandparents? My daughter is 5 and when she stays with my husband’s parents overnight they have her sleep with them.
Queenie, do you think this is okay?—Worried mother
Dear Mother,
Unless you have reason to think your daughter is being molested during these “sleepovers”, I do not think you have anything to worry about. I suspect it is happening because the grandparents do not have an extra bed for your daughter to sleep in, or because she is afraid of sleeping alone in what is to her a strange place.
Eventually your daughter will not accept these sleeping arrangements. Be prepared to offer to get her grandparents another bed for her to sleep in, or at least a separate sleeping bag or air mattress.
