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[quote=Anonymous]Let him play out in the front yard without supervision. He does have to use a timer and come check-in. He can play in neighbors' yards without supervision. He can play basketball outside without supervision.

He walks to school from a certain point by himself. He walks back to that same point (about halfway) with other kids for dismissal.

In the morning, if he is hungry while I am getting his sister ready upstairs, he can heat up oatmeal or use the air fryer to make himself breakfast. He makes homemade whip cream every Sunday with pancakes using the Kitchen Aid. He can make himself anything in the kitchen but no stovetop without supervision. Mostly because he will wander off.

When we go in a store, if he knows where the item is, he can go and get it and come back solo. For example, he goes into the cooler at Costco to get berries and spinach.

He goes and turns the car on in the morning if its cold and he's in a hurry to get out the door. It gives him something to do.

He is expected to order for himself at restaurants. He will ring up groceries in self checkout and put in our loyalty number and pay. Basically from start to finish. We started when he was 4/5. He was one of the only kids the nurse had known who knew their parents number off the top of their head in K.

Just turned 8.

Unfortunately, our street doesnt have sidewalks and people park in the street limiting visibility. Not to mention speeding and people who watch their phones and not the road.[/quote]

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