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And being able to walk ga. ave unsupervised is the only way to do it? allowing our 10 yr old to supervise your 6 yr old is the only way to do it?
gimme a break, if you and other parents do not have the imagination and creativity to be able to foster independence and self-confidence outside of being allowed to do those 2 things, then i feel sorry for your kids. I am sure there are things that I do as a parent that my dh and i judge as being fit for our kids according to our values, parenting and the kids' maturity. Maybe we'll allow them to watch certain Rated R movies at home, something with a mature theme that we fill is ok and about which we hold discussions. I'm certainly not going to get into a fight with the Regal Cinema downtown Silver Spring because they won't let me bring my 8 yr old in there.  It's not worth the hassle. To me the more important lesson is to let my kids know, that we can exercise certain judgements that may be different than others in certain situations, but in doing so we need to weigh the consequences and decide if they are worth the fight/aggravation. I would have no problem telling my kids that 'hey, we trust that you can handle walking to the library on your own, however, the law has certain restrictuions and we want to respect this law. We can find other things that you are allowed to do so that you can show how grown-up/mature you are'. When we go to grandma's house, the laws are different and you can ride your scooter to the library, no problem. 
For the life of me, I just cannot see how this is a hill worth dying on. It screams big ass EGOS to me.[/quote]

Being able to walk Georgia Avenue unsupervised is not the hill. The hill is being able to decide when and where their children are allowed to go on their own, without getting hauled into the CPS bureaucracy. I think that's a worthwhile hill, even though I personally would make different choices.

What's more, they haven't broken any laws.[/quote]

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