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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]He's 10. Tell the mother to send him home at a certain time or pick him up. A 10 yr old doesn't look at his watch while playing. He also doesn't know what an hour feels like vs 30 minutes. You are expecting too much.

Um, if your 10 year old can't tell the difference between 30 minutes and a hour, there's a problem. 
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Hardly.  I'm not the PP you're responding to but you don't seem to know how it feels when you're having fun.  Time flies.  It's not just kids who lose track of time when they're engaged in something, adults do it to.  That's why I text when I want my kid to come home or send the timer with him.[/quote]

No, the kids know how to read a digital clock by 4 and a normal clock by 6-7.  They don't leave the house for extended periods of time without a watch, and they know how to use it.  Being allowed to be responsible for themselves is a privilege, not a right.  If I am required to keep track of time, I will walk or drive them to and from playdates.

My mother and all the parents I knew while growing up required that we wear watches and be responsible, I don't see why 20-30 years later kids should be capable of less responsibility.[/quote]

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