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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It wasn't a complete stranger--it was someone at church, but we hadn't ever spoken more than a hello/goodbye before. Her kids were teenagers and mine were all under 8. She said something like--remember, you want there to be more than a few years between them learning how to cross the street and them learning how to put on condoms. It made a huge difference in how I viewed their independence and I still think about that conversation all the time. [/quote] I don’t fully get it.[/quote] Give them a chance to be independent and make mistakes when they are on the younger side. If you are hyper protective and don't let them cross big streets until they are 15, you will be setting them up to be at risk in other ways. And if anyone thinks I'm exaggerating, there was a thread on a neighborhood list about what age to allow kids to cross two major streets/intersections and there were several answers that were 18+ or "never"[/quote]
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