Slumber parties, sleepovers and pajama parties are a great way to celebrate a special event and get to know your friends better. This tradition allows girls to practice independence, nourish their relationships and grow through social activities. Making your own food can be a lot of fun. Instead of ordering delivery, make your own pizza, ice cream sundaes, smoothies or sandwiches together. Simply provide the ingredients so that all of your friends can make their own snacks.

The Slumber Party



Our First Sleepover Started It All
As spring turns to summer, high school prom season is in full swing, and there are inevitably more parents hosting slumber parties and sending their kids to sleepovers. I was speaking last week at a book event for my book The Myth of the Perfect Girl , when one parent asked me what I thought about sleepovers. A lively discussion ensued. The topic of sleepovers and slumber parties seems to be one of those issues in parenting where most have an opinion, and no opinion is necessarily right or wrong.


Lipstick lesbians: How this kiss sparked a teenage trend that will disturb every parent
I practically had my own pep squad. The year was , and a remarkable transformation had changed the dynamics of queer culture. Instead of dressing like oddballs and misfits who outwardly embraced femininity, we wanted to resemble the mainstream look of the grid itself. The slant had always belonged to the physically disconnected Greenwich Village streets.



The suit claims the Smith-Green Community School Corporation and Churubusco High School Principal Austin Couch violated the girls' First Amendment rights when they suspended them from extra-curricular activities and forced them to attend counseling sessions over a few racy photos that were posted on their MySpace pages. According to the lawsuit, filed Oct. District Court, the teens -- identified in court papers as T. The lawsuit claims that the girls, who in no way identified themselves in the pictures as students of Churubusco High School, then posted the pictures on their MySpace pages to share with their friends.