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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I let my kids play outside without me, I let them walk to a few friends houses without me, but so far no free wandering.

I will eventually let them walk to and from school without me. It's interesting to me the parents in my neighborhood who won't let their 5th grade, responsible kid, walk to and from school alone.

But free range just seems like they'd be amusing themselves by bothering other people, and that is certainly less tolerated these days.  I mean, when a teen is shot for simply ringing the wrong doorbell, we are living in some twisted paranoid times.  I don't want my 10 year old killed for stepping on someone's daffodils.[/quote]
There is a family in our neighborhood that makes free-range parenting their identity. Their kids are out all day (homeschooled) and play ball games in the street. They also go up to adults and chat with them. I’m not entirely sure what gain the parents see in this style of parenting but most adults in the neighborhood see the kids as a nuisance.[/quote]

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