re: Supervising your own kids in your neighborhood

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Do the kids in your neighborhood act like all of the yards belong to them?

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Pretty much. But I've got kids of my own as well. When they're not in school all the kids will play in my yard some then they'll go play in one of the other yards for a bit. Personally, I love pulling in from work to see my kids outside with all their friends getting to have fun and just be kids.

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There are two kids down the street, maybe 10 and 8, and they spend almost as much time in my yard as they do in their own, they play ball without permission in the front yard next door, they fish from the edge of another neighbor's property. They're not causing any trouble exactly but it does seem a little strange to me. Especially the lack of oversight from parents.

I can remember acting like this a little bit when I was a kid but that was 30 years ago and we lived in a different world. Plus my parents at least knew the people whose yards I was traipsing through all the time.

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My kids and their friends tend to stick to their yards or the yards of their friends. As for supervision, my son is now 13 so we don't have to watch him like we use to. My youngest is only 7 though so she stays in our yards and if she's outside, we're outside as well.