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I'm suggesting that six year olds should not be playing in parks with their only supervision being 10 year olds. When kids are playing, they let down their guard and may do things that an adult would see and correct immediately. An adult will tell kids playing too close to the street to move farther away, another kid will not.

I can name a number of situations from the "old days" where kids were harmed because of lack of appropriate supervision. We can learn from the mistakes of previous generations and do better for our kids. I've seen the results of sending kids out without supervision when they are too young and I knew I wanted better for my kids.
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But should it be child neglect for a six-year-old to play in the park with a ten-year-old and no parent supervision?

Also, what's the trade-off? Children don't go anywhere these days without a parent. The benefit (perhaps) is that they are safer. The cost is that they don't learn to be independent and rely on themselves. Do you think that the benefit is worth the cost?[/quote]

Kids are perfectly capable of learning independence and responsibility without being sent out by themselves at six and ten. Some of my kids are adults now and have responsible jobs and support themselves. The oldest saved up and bought a house, with no help from us. They rely on themselves while being confident of the love and encouragement of their parents. I did my best to give them the safety and security they needed as a foundation to go out into the world on their own. They're doing great even though I didn't drop them off at parks and have them walk home by themselves at the ages of six and ten. 
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Thank you![/quote]

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