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[quote=Anonymous]My son started playing outside at age 9 unattended.   He's 10 and still not allowed in anyone's house.  Well, other than one neighbor, who I know well.   Nobody else's.   I want him out where I can find him.

He doesn't have to check in, but our neighborhood is small, four cul de sacs in an isolated area.

Traffic is my biggest concern and he is responsible about biking and crossing the streets.  He knows the neighborhood teen drivers who are crazy.

Where/when I grew up, going into neighbor's houses was the most risky thing.   Several young boys were molested.  I was shown porn multiple times.   And several teens offered me drugs when I was in elementary school.

Today, in my neighborhood, I already know multiple houses have guns and air soft guns in them.  Most of my neighbors are immigrants and don't abide by what I think of as generic safety issues like wearing bike helmets, keeping dogs on a leash and/or training them, not playing with air soft guns, etc.  So I don't want my kid in their houses unless I know them very well.    Outside is safer than inside out of sight.[/quote]

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