What age did you stop supervising your kids playing outside with neighborhood kids?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm amazed at how lazy people are. At 11, we are still loosely supervising and wouldn't let ours go off on their own.

I'm amazed at how many helicopter parents there still are - independence and confidence are learned through practice - but not while mom and dad are breathing down your neck watching your every move. I'm not lazy; I want my kid to learn how to function on their own and by taking small steps like letting them go outside of our house in our neighborhood alone, they will learn this. Did your parents watch your every move? At 11?!?!?!?!?! Your kid is going to be stunted emotionally.

Can you read idiot? She said “loosely supervising,” not breathing down her kids’ necks. PP’s kids will be fine but clearly, yours won’t.

Right, the posters calling random people lazy and idiots are probably awesome parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm amazed at how lazy people are. At 11, we are still loosely supervising and wouldn't let ours go off on their own.

I supervise my 11 year old a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm amazed at how lazy people are. At 11, we are still loosely supervising and wouldn't let ours go off on their own.

I supervise my 11 year old a lot.

You should stop supervising at 13.

[Anonymous]

I've stopped supervising mine in that way around 8, I think? I mean I loosely know where he is, I just don't know at which house. We live in a safe suburban neighborhood with sidewalks, and at 9 he is freely biking to the library, to several parks, to his school (15 minutes bike ride away), to Safeway to buy ice cream, etc. We are probably a bit looser than other parents with him, and his sister probably won't be allowed the same things at that age. I definitely do not supervise him with neighborhood kids - what do I want with a bunch of 9-year olds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've stopped supervising mine in that way around 8, I think? I mean I loosely know where he is, I just don't know at which house. We live in a safe suburban neighborhood with sidewalks, and at 9 he is freely biking to the library, to several parks, to his school (15 minutes bike ride away), to Safeway to buy ice cream, etc. We are probably a bit looser than other parents with him, and his sister probably won't be allowed the same things at that age. I definitely do not supervise him with neighborhood kids - what do I want with a bunch of 9-year olds?

Why not?

[Anonymous]

^^ sorry, I meant to bold the part about his sister not being allowed the same freedom. That’s what my question is in reference to.

[Anonymous]

Real simple folks, kids that are half the size of a car profile, many of this height are the same ages you are posting about, can be extremely difficult to see even when looking carefully by responsible drivers......if a kid gets hit unattended in this situation it's just as much or more on the parents than the person who hit the child.....and yes, in cul-de-sacs too! A jury in a court of law will agree I'm confident!

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Around 8. Mainly because routines have been set so I have a pretty good idea of where they are.

But this is how you slowly loosen the ropes. You first take them out, then go inside briefly. Then go inside not briefly. Then don't go with. This happened very naturally in our house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Real simple folks, kids that are half the size of a car profile, many of this height are the same ages you are posting about, can be extremely difficult to see even when looking carefully by responsible drivers......if a kid gets hit unattended in this situation it's just as much or more on the parents than the person who hit the child.....and yes, in cul-de-sacs too! A jury in a court of law will agree I'm confident!

If a kid gets hit in a cul de sac the driver was 100% speeding. The speed limit in ours is 10 MPH. It's not always followed, but if it was, there would be almost no risk.

[Anonymous]

2nd grade for being out and about in the neighborhood for a responsible kid in a suburban neighborhood

Kindergarteners for playing in yard

[Anonymous]

Age 7. I do get annoyed at neighbors who let their 4 and 5 year olds play without supervision. We're in a cul-de-sac, and a lot of the kid gatherings end up right outside our house, and we end up dealing with the tears and disagreements that inevitably occur when these little ones aren't being supervised by their parents. In reality, they really aren't unsupervised, the parents are just transferring their responsibility off to the closest neighbor to where the kids are playing or whoever happens to be working from home or working in the yard that day. I see the kids being able to manage themselves better the closer to 7 years old they get, so for me that's the right age for the average kid.

[Anonymous]

13 is about when I will stop. I’ve seen reports of little kids dousing a kid with acid. No thanks, I’ll watch my kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Age 7. I do get annoyed at neighbors who let their 4 and 5 year olds play without supervision. We're in a cul-de-sac, and a lot of the kid gatherings end up right outside our house, and we end up dealing with the tears and disagreements that inevitably occur when these little ones aren't being supervised by their parents. In reality, they really aren't unsupervised, the parents are just transferring their responsibility off to the closest neighbor to where the kids are playing or whoever happens to be working from home or working in the yard that day. I see the kids being able to manage themselves better the closer to 7 years old they get, so for me that's the right age for the average kid.

This. I have witnessed the packs of 8 year olds run across the street to follow each other without looking, and as a result, I am often the parent that ends up tagging along. To the parents who say their kids are fine...shadow them one day and you will see all of the dangerous and destructive things they do. It is a huge bummer I end having to be the babysitter, but I would never forgive myself if someone got hit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Real simple folks, kids that are half the size of a car profile, many of this height are the same ages you are posting about, can be extremely difficult to see even when looking carefully by responsible drivers......if a kid gets hit unattended in this situation it's just as much or more on the parents than the person who hit the child.....and yes, in cul-de-sacs too! A jury in a court of law will agree I'm confident!

Stop reviving 5 year old posts.

[Anonymous]

Age 15 still supervised