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To be honest, I don't really know that I think it is a great idea for a 10 year old to supervise a 6 year old at a park on his/her own. Last summer, I had a 9 year old kid come up to me, a random stranger, and tell me that she thought her 5 year old brother had broken his leg, they lived 12 blocks away, and she didn't know what to do. I helped her deal with the situation (stayed with her brother while she went to get their mom and called 911). But I wouldn't say the 9 year old really seemed on top of the situation.

Sounds like she was on top of it--she knew she needed help and she asked a grown up for help. [/quote]

While it wasn't the end of the world and of course I will always help a child who is injured, I was late getting my dad to his chemo appointment as a result of the incident, and would have much preferred that the 5-year-old child's own parent be responsible for him.  [/quote]

Also, what if the child had asked for help from a perfectly nice looking adult who ended up being a predator or a kidnapper?  This child lucked out by choosing a responsible and helpful parent, but let's face it, not everyone out there has good intent.

Things were not so perfect back in the seventies. I lived through them, but I knew and knew of lots of kids who had bad things happen to them because adults were not keeping close track of what was going on. That is exactly why I was a much more involved parent than many of the parents in the seventies were. Too much can go wrong when parents are so far out of the picture.

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Odds are that they won't be kidnapped. The vast majority of kidnaps are due to divorce/custody issues. Fear mongering!![/quote]

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