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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Kid in question is 12, so unfortunately can't trade errands yet![/quote]

Yes you can. My DS is 12 and runs to the corner store for items we need.[/quote]

Our nearest grocery store is 5 miles away, but ok.

The one that annoyed me most recently was needing markers for a project that night. I was lonely and made him come.[/quote]

I think this is why specifics matter.  I see it as my job to have basic school supplies on hand.  Markers aren't special or unique - you'd assume anyone with children in the house would have a steady supply of markers, and if for some reason they're all dried out, it's not a big deal for me to run out and get them.

Now if they needed some sort of specific creative thing where they should be making the decision about what to get (what color/design boarder for a poster? what fabric for a project?) then yes, I'd make them come.
I almost always invite them to come with me if I'm running errands, and sometimes they come and sometimes they don't but I'm not going to drag them along in some sort of punishment for needing something when they literally can't get it on their own.[/quote]

Huh. Interesting. We hadn't used markers in a few years, so of course we didn't have them on hand.[/quote]

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