What would you believe?

[Anonymous]

I think your nanny probably isn't very good at estimating distances. I think the friend probably isn't supervised as closely as you'd like. If i don't feel comfortable about supervision, I wouldn't send my kid back.

[Anonymous]

I played on literal acres and acres with a pond and a stream when I was this age. With my eight year old, I would be comfortable just letter her go play with minimal supervision (but plenty of scary stories about the dangers of water and ice. She's a strong swimmer but that doesn't necessarily translate to a freezing cold pond). Even though I played alone at 5 or 6, now I would really want some eyes on a kid that age at least in the distance-so the parent could be outside working in a different area if they could see the kids and hear if they yelled for help.

[Anonymous]

Trust your nanny not DCUM! She expressed concern multiple times via text to you that she didn't consider this a safe situation. You hired her for this purpose.

Would not let my 6 yo go there again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This sounds like the type of thing that, in the abstract, we'll all complain that kids ought to be doing a lot more of these days, just like we used to do. (And we did.)

When confronted with the specifics, it's all "Kid doesn't go back. End of story."

I also think that OP (and others) are more than a bit class biased here, too. Because the property had some salvage junk (not "savage junk" presumably), the people seem different from our world of HOAs -- lower. If the children had been free to roam a delightful equestrian estate with a pond in Purcellville, the story would have gotten a better reception.


God, we're so quick to judge sometimes.

And how far is an acre, by the way? (Trick question.)

So much this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The nanny has no reason to lie so I would believe the nanny.

That said, I wouldn't be upset about it because honestly that sounds like a fantastic afternoon.

This x1000!
Yeah, there was an element of danger, there were also multiple children present and they knew where the adults were. Let kids play!!!