Anonymous wrote:Wow. The parents who think their 14 year olds are too precious to visit a museum alone seem REALLY sensitive. LOL!

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Crazy people have crazy rules

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Anonymous wrote:15 and up.

You cannot be serious. They can't walk around a museum alone until the year before you unleash them on the Beltway in your SUV?

Helicopters: This is the way

I learned early own and so did my children one of the most important life lessons. It would serve you well. Surely you’ve heard of it. It’s called “minding your own business.”

The OP asked and if someone wants to make their sophomore/junior wait until one year before they get their license, to be in a building without mommy holding their hand - it is a helicopter. At least own up to it PP.

Give me a helicopter parent over a nosy, judgmental winch any day.

Says the helicopter moms who can't realize their overreach is causing delays, anxiety, lack of autonomy, no confidence, and depression. You go girl.

Says the drunk “mom.”

What’s with the Karen’s on scum who think they have a fundamental right or a say on how random people parent. Who cares, why are you so bothered and so nosy? You know damn well you don’t tell people how to parent and I wish you would to see you get the sh!t beat out of you.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. The parents who think their 14 year olds are too precious to visit a museum alone seem REALLY sensitive. LOL!

Wow, sounds like you are REALLY sensitive to the fact that others are allowed to parent their own children.

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Anonymous wrote:15 and up.

You cannot be serious. They can't walk around a museum alone until the year before you unleash them on the Beltway in your SUV?

Helicopters: This is the way

I learned early own and so did my children one of the most important life lessons. It would serve you well. Surely you’ve heard of it. It’s called “minding your own business.”

The OP asked and if someone wants to make their sophomore/junior wait until one year before they get their license, to be in a building without mommy holding their hand - it is a helicopter. At least own up to it PP.

Give me a helicopter parent over a nosy, judgmental winch any day.

Says the helicopter moms who can't realize their overreach is causing delays, anxiety, lack of autonomy, no confidence, and depression. You go girl.

Do you go around places such as restaurants, schools, sporting events and spout your judgments on their parenting?
Are you allowed to parent your children because you are more superior than other that they are not allowed to and it falls onto you?

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Wow. The parents who think their 14 year olds are too precious to visit a museum alone seem REALLY sensitive. LOL!

Anonymous wrote:My daughter attends BASIS and once, when she was age 11, she tried to enter the National Gallery after school (on an early dismissal day). Not only did the guards not allow her, they made her feel like a neglected child for being downtown without a parent.

We had a similar experience recently. My 9yo (who granted looks young for her age as she's small in stature) and I were going to a show at the Kennedy Center. She had soccer that morning and someone brought gatorade and she drank the whole bottle apparently. We stopped by our house for her to change and dress up and then went to the KC but parking was atrocious and she was by then completely desperate to get to a bathroom. I NEVER pay to park at the KC b/c it is insane and I can always fine neighborhood parking but she was panicking so I pulled up front and told her to go in and to straight to the bathroom and I would park underneath in the garage and come meet her. When I parked and got inside she was nowhere to be found (this had taken maybe 3-4 minutes). Turns out the security guards were clearly deeply concerned about her coming in alone and escorted her to the bathroom and then had her sit with them and asked her a ton of questions. It was embarrassing. For me anyway, she didn't care.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter attends BASIS and once, when she was age 11, she tried to enter the National Gallery after school (on an early dismissal day). Not only did the guards not allow her, they made her feel like a neglected child for being downtown without a parent.

P.s.: Due to early dismissal, it was something like 2 pm, and the guards also accused her of truancy — because most 11-year-old truants try to visit the National Gallery while skipping school….

My daughter attends BASIS and once, when she was age 11, she tried to enter the National Gallery after school (on an early dismissal day). Not only did the guards not allow her, they made her feel like a neglected child for being downtown without a parent.

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Anonymous wrote:15 and up.

You cannot be serious. They can't walk around a museum alone until the year before you unleash them on the Beltway in your SUV?

Helicopters: This is the way

I learned early own and so did my children one of the most important life lessons. It would serve you well. Surely you’ve heard of it. It’s called “minding your own business.”

The OP asked and if someone wants to make their sophomore/junior wait until one year before they get their license, to be in a building without mommy holding their hand - it is a helicopter. At least own up to it PP.

Give me a helicopter parent over a nosy, judgmental winch any day.

Says the helicopter moms who can't realize their overreach is causing delays, anxiety, lack of autonomy, no confidence, and depression. You go girl.

I believe DC has a law that no child under 10 should be left unsupervised.

I’d say 10-12. We’ve definitely let my 12 yo explore alone while we are in other parts of the museum. When he was 10-11, we weren’t really going to museums because of COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:15 and up.

You cannot be serious. They can't walk around a museum alone until the year before you unleash them on the Beltway in your SUV?

Helicopters: This is the way

I learned early own and so did my children one of the most important life lessons. It would serve you well. Surely you’ve heard of it. It’s called “minding your own business.”

The OP asked and if someone wants to make their sophomore/junior wait until one year before they get their license, to be in a building without mommy holding their hand - it is a helicopter. At least own up to it PP.

Give me a helicopter parent over a nosy, judgmental winch any day.

Depends on the kid, but I think in some cases 8 or 9 is fine.