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What age did you let your kids “go outside and play” without supervision?
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:49 pm
We’ve gotten to know our neighbors pretty well and their 8 year old just came over to ask if our 6 year old wanted to come out and play. Their mom is watching them play and they’re going in and out of their house. She said it was fine if he came over so I came back to the house.
Kinda weird feeling being that this is the first time he’s just gone out to play without us being right there.
Live on a cul de sac if it matters.
Kinda weird feeling being that this is the first time he’s just gone out to play without us being right there.
Live on a cul de sac if it matters.
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Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:50 pm to StringedInstruments
3 and a half
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:51 pm to StringedInstruments
We let our 6 year old play by himself and with neighbor's kids, they go into woods behind the house to shoot stuff
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:51 pm to StringedInstruments
Depends on if they have older siblings or not. We were out building forts and playing war I was a teen and my youngest siblings were...6 and 8?
It depends on where you live too. We were out in the country
It depends on where you live too. We were out in the country
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:52 pm to StringedInstruments
Backyard - 3
Front yard - 5 or, if with older sibling, 3.
Neighbors/neighborhood- 5ish
We are in a safe neighborhood where we know all of the neighbors and kids roam pretty freely and parents watch out for all of the kids.
Front yard - 5 or, if with older sibling, 3.
Neighbors/neighborhood- 5ish
We are in a safe neighborhood where we know all of the neighbors and kids roam pretty freely and parents watch out for all of the kids.
This post was edited on 7/19/19 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:54 pm to fr33manator
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It depends on where you live too.
Wealthy suburban neighborhood.
He’s not just free roaming the neighborhood but more so going over to their house. I can’t remember much about me that age but I think I was knocking on my friends’ doors all the time by age seven without my parents around.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:55 pm to StringedInstruments
A 6 year old and 8 year old playing generally unsupervised with an adult checking in occasionally is plenty reasonable to me.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:56 pm to StringedInstruments
Subtle "I have a family" brag.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:57 pm to LSUsmartass
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We let our 6 year old play by himself and with neighbor's kids, they go into woods behind the house to shoot stuff
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:57 pm to StringedInstruments
shite, by 10 my friends and I were roaming the immediate neighborhood and other neighborhoods and my mom was a super helicopter parent. All a nice areas for the most part.
If it’s just next door and the other parents are watching, I guess 6 is okay. I’m about to have a girl and I’m already paranoid
If it’s just next door and the other parents are watching, I guess 6 is okay. I’m about to have a girl and I’m already paranoid
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:58 pm to StringedInstruments
I have a five year old and a three year old. They play in the backyard by themselves daily.
They don't typically go out in the front by themselves, but that is mainly because there is more for them to do in the back. There is another set of brothers three houses down that they are tight with and their cousins are at the end of the block. I'm sure in a few years they will be running the neighborhood without parental supervision.
They don't typically go out in the front by themselves, but that is mainly because there is more for them to do in the back. There is another set of brothers three houses down that they are tight with and their cousins are at the end of the block. I'm sure in a few years they will be running the neighborhood without parental supervision.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 4:00 pm to StringedInstruments
1277 days old
Posted on 7/19/19 at 4:01 pm to StringedInstruments
4ish?
My 6 year old has been playing outside by herself for the last hour. Does it all the time. I check on her every now and then but otherwise don’t every worry.
My 6 year old has been playing outside by herself for the last hour. Does it all the time. I check on her every now and then but otherwise don’t every worry.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 4:01 pm to PearlJam
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6 year old and 8 year old playing generally unsupervised with an adult checking in occasionally is plenty reasonable to me.
Yes, with the understanding that they are to immediately report to the adult if something happens and they are to stay in certain boundaries while outside of direct adult supervision.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 4:02 pm to StringedInstruments
3 in the backyard for our oldest. 2 for his younger siblings (though we let our 1.5 year old out there now for a little while if her brothers are out there).
We just started letting the oldest hang out/play in the front yard at 5. Sometimes his 3 year old brother will go with him if I'm in my office and can see out the front window. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac, so very few cars pass us.
We just started letting the oldest hang out/play in the front yard at 5. Sometimes his 3 year old brother will go with him if I'm in my office and can see out the front window. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac, so very few cars pass us.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 4:04 pm to StringedInstruments
Our kids are breast fed, free range and vaccine-free. We're the best parents in the world.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 4:08 pm to StringedInstruments
My kids are 7 and 5. I wish I could get them to go outside and play. My youngest got stung by a wasp at the beginning of summer and she’s a little dramatic. Oldest saw the whole thing and was traumatized. Neither of them will go outside without pitching a huge crying fit. Then when they finally get out there, they just stand there looking around for wasps...
Posted on 7/19/19 at 4:15 pm to StringedInstruments
Depends on where you live and maturity level of kid
Posted on 7/19/19 at 4:16 pm to iLikeMike
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Then when they finally get out there, they just stand there looking around for wasps...
Oh man, that makes me feel bad for them, but it also makes me laugh picturing this.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 4:47 pm to StringedInstruments
anything before 42 yrs old seems risky, since most are still living in basement at 40, they arent prepared or able to face the world on their own
seriously, if they are potty trained they are ready to play outside unsupervised as long as they stay in the yard
seriously, if they are potty trained they are ready to play outside unsupervised as long as they stay in the yard
This post was edited on 7/19/19 at 4:49 pm
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