Anonymous
03/01/2024 20:20
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Anonymous wrote:A fenced back yard, yes. An open front yard, no.
I think about that sweet 6-7 yr old girl kidnapped and murdered from her front yard by the FedEx/Amazon delivery driver
That is not a common scenario. We let our 6yo in the front yard alone.
Anonymous
03/01/2024 18:54
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
No
Anonymous
03/01/2024 18:43
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Anonymous wrote:I’d be on the porch watching. He may fall and need some help or hit his head. Anything can happen.
But that's true if he's in the other room. It's also true of adults and we manage be by ourselves sometimes. There are risks to oversupervision as well.
Anonymous
03/01/2024 18:40
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Do people really not send their 6 years olds outside in a fenced yard alone?
Anonymous
03/01/2024 18:28
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Yes of course!
Anonymous
03/01/2024 18:14
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
I’d be on the porch watching. He may fall and need some help or hit his head. Anything can happen.
Anonymous
03/01/2024 18:07
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Big fenced yard, yes. Dog? No.
I’d let a responsible 8yo play with a dog alone.
I’d let a responsible 8yo play with a dog alone.
Anonymous
03/01/2024 17:58
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, definitely.
To make you feel better, install some outside cameras, so you can see him.
Oh my gosh no, just let the kids outside. They are fine!!!! This idea that kids need close adult supervision/someone to have eyes on them at every moment under this idea we are keeping them “safe” is actually doing more harm than people realize
Anonymous
03/01/2024 17:55
Subject: Re:Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Of course! I do all the time. Have done so since well before 6.
Anonymous
03/01/2024 17:40
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
In the back yard? Yes.
Anonymous
03/01/2024 17:38
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Yes, definitely.
To make you feel better, install some outside cameras, so you can see him.
To make you feel better, install some outside cameras, so you can see him.
Anonymous
03/01/2024 17:10
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Not letting 6 year old out alone in a fenced-in yard in the 'burbs is insane. It is madness incarnate. What has the world come to that you even have to ask?
Anyway, I hope you feel better.
Anyway, I hope you feel better.
Anonymous
03/01/2024 16:22
Subject: Re:Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Yes, I would be fine with this. But my 6 yo is ultra responsible and would come and tell me if something happened that was a problem. I also personally don't worry about abduction in my yard.
We have some walkie talkies I've used in similar situations so that I can check in on her when I need to if I'm sick in bed and my spouse isn't home. That way she can tell me if she needs something and I can check in with her without having to get up.
We have some walkie talkies I've used in similar situations so that I can check in on her when I need to if I'm sick in bed and my spouse isn't home. That way she can tell me if she needs something and I can check in with her without having to get up.
Anonymous
03/01/2024 16:13
Subject: Re:Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Don’t send the big dog with her. There’s probably more danger from that than from anything else.
Anonymous
03/01/2024 16:03
Subject: Would you let a 6yo play in the yard alone?
Yes of course!