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[quote=Anonymous]I try to give my kids a lot of freedom, but they still don't have solo internet use (oldest is 13), so I'm not quite "free range."

Not sure if this is what you're getting at, but some things we do:
1) Sleepaway camp starting at 8 yo (I may send my younger next year at age 7 but just for 3 nights).
2) I have given my kids the shopping list for years (the older ones are 11 and 13) and they do the grocery shopping. They know to look at price per ounce and check sales. 
3) Play outside - they are allowed free play outside (we don't have a fenced yard) from age 4-5 depending on maturity and have to stay within yelling distance. The caveat is we are in an area where there are lots of woods/acreage. I know they are not going to neighbors' houses and knocking on their doors and bothering them. You sometimes see parents trying to give their kids "independence" but then foisting them on other adults.
4) I let my 6 yo son ride his bike on our street as long as I am outside. It is a 2 mile long U shaped street with a 35 mph speed limit. He knows when he gets to the end of the U he has to come back and check with me. 
5) Public transit- this is a little older, but starting at 10 I let my kids take the coach bus between our city and my mom's city (2 hours away). There are no stops in between. I would also let them fly solo - and I would let the 13 yo connect, because she has a cell phone, but DH is not there yet. 
6) Tree climbing, fire pit. We have lots of good climbing trees- the kids have free rein to climb. They help from a young age make the fires in the fire pit (the older ones can do so independently, with permission/supervision). I also let them play with sticks.[/quote]

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