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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scenario: 6 yo falls off the monkey bars and breaks his arm. What will the 10 yo do?[/quote]

[b]Call for help, presumably. What do you think? [/quote][/b]

I was 11 when my 9 year old sister fell off the monkey bars and broke her leg.  I called for help - a woman was running nearby and I asked her to help us.  She called an ambulance, paramedics called police, police called parents, we all met at the hospital.  No big deal.  No one accused my parents of being negligent.  It's disturbing that we've created a mentality that kids of this age can't be left alone for a moment in public places.  [/quote]

The guideline for children being alone without an adult in Montgomery county is 8 years old, not 6[/quote]

The guideline for an child old enough to watch littler kids is 13, and PP is saying that 11 should be old enough, and probably 10.[/quote]

It's actually 11 for a sibling, 13 to babysit other children that are not a sibling[/quote]

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