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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's a lot of fighting here, so I'm trying to change the conversation a bit. What do you think about free range from the kids' perspective?

My thoughts are it's really driven by kid. My oldest never wanted to be alone and didn't ask for or want much freedom until MS.

My 9yo wants it desperately and wants to walk home 1 mile from school. I said he could bike, but he only wants to walk. But, for me the problem is that nobody else walks that far. But it's a battle with him.

So, I feel like free range parenting works based on individual kids. [/quote]

For kids #1 I would find ways for him/her to become more independent ... he/she needs to learn to be alone and do things himself/herself. A slow and stead approach. You don't want college to be the first time they sleep away.

For the 9yo I would do whatever the laws allow.

Just remember we work so hard on letting our little ones/middle school kids be alone and independent... then HS hits and bam! where are you? who are you with? does the basement have alcohol? is it locked up? are the parents there?

kids start doing drug 8th-11th grade.... so freedom is given freely then often taken away in 1 bong hit[/quote]

I really meant to open this more widely, I'm comfortable about how I'm raising my kids. I added my personal experience to point out how kids are different, even within the same family. My point it with the larger free range movement. Is the Meitiv's 6yo asking for freedom or not? Maybe is or maybe isn't. I think the best parents are the ones who parent the kids they have, rather than sticking to a rigid parenting style. [/quote]

and as a parent of older teens i laugh at home hard we worked on making our kids independent to find out that as they get older it is all for naught.

Point: which is a less responsible parent

1. leave your 6 yo in a basement with kids of both genders for a sleepover with alcohol available and never check on them.

2. leave your 16 yo in a basement with kids of both genders for a sleepover with alcohol available and never check on them.

For the answer to your questions...[b] no the 6yo did not want to sit in a police car for 2 hours. Did the parents know that was a very real possibility, yes they did. Did they care? No. They didn't[/quote][/b]

This tells me a lot about these parents. [/quote]

I don't understand this argument! We all as parents shouldn't let our kids play in parks not because of any real danger but because CPS says so and they may take our kids?![/quote]

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