How do you prevent the computer from shutting down when in sleep mode?

How do you prevent the computer from shutting down when in sleep mode and plugged in?

Thanks tjk.
Those are great suggestions and got me looking in places I had not considered before. Unfortunately, the problem remains. The System Preferences did not have the shut down option activated and there are no parental controls active on the computer.
Any other suggestions are welcome.
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Hi, I'm getting very frustrated with my mac and very close to binning it and returning to a windows based pc.
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the computer automatically sleeps after 5 minutes, even when energy saver set to never close down
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