My Facebook newsfeed was filled with all sorts of discussion on sleepovers earlier this week. With a news story out on a Minnesota man who has been charged with not only molesting a child spending the night at his home with his daughter but also drugging her with Ambien, it's not surprising that as parents we are alarmed, frightened and frankly, pissed off.

What is wrong with people, seems to be the recurring question. A lot, especially in stories like that.

So opinions are across the board. No, sleepovers, not ever, say some while others are ok within reason and yet others say we all did it, what's the big deal.

I have a love/hate with sleepovers. The love part comes from the fact that I have lots of fun memories of sleep overs and slumber parties throughout my elementary and middle school years. Late nights, lots of laughs and just a few practical jokes. The hate part comes from sending my kids to a sleepover and dealing with them the next day. Exhaustion, crabbiness, if it's hosted at our house, my own irritability the next day is a force to be reckoned with.

I'm cautious on the idea of sleepovers and not because I think people are out to get my kids but more so because I like my kids sleeping at home, in their own beds for the most part. Sure, they'll be invited to sleepovers here and there and my 8 year old even went to overnight camp this past summer but I go a little bit more by way of trusting my gut, getting to know situations and people and going from there. One compromise that has worked in our household when our kids were younger and not necessarily keen on the idea of sleeping over at someones house all night was the idea of a "half-sleepover" meaning they would either have their friend over or go to their friends home for part of the evening, long enough for a movie and a snack and then they would go home about 10 p.m.. Late enough that for a kid, it feels like a late night but early enough for parents that it's better than that middle of the night "come pick me up" phone call.

I asked a couple other Twin Cities bloggers to weigh in with their thoughts and take on sleepovers, here's what they had to say:

Missy Berggren of from Marketing Mama writes-

Jamie Heil from Toys in the Dryer writes-

Tracy Morrison from Sellabit Mum writes-

What do you think about sleepovers? Love 'em? Hate 'em? Allow 'em? Any rules of thumb that work in your household?