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Originally Posted by ilovejoel  We don't let any daycare kids outside by themselves no matter the age, but I think it's funny that we're aloud to let 5 yr olds walk to the bus stop thats down the road and out of sight but kids can't play out in the yard until they're 7 by themself when you can see them out the window. We don't do either though, I'm always the only adult at the bus stop, even when the new school year is starting, there's 5 yr olds with no one there  |
We live in a pretty crime free neighborhood, I don't let my kids play without me at the park or be in the front yard without me there-I tell them big trucks can't see kids below the dash and there is too much stranger danger out there.
My daughter is only allowed to walk from school in a group, she's 13 and there's a trail from the school yard through the soccer feild to our suburb-about a half mole long totallu open.
I don't think its paranoid at all, it's being a responsible parent.
I can't beleive the neighbors let their first grader walk to and from school while its they live at the end of the block literally around the corner from the trail-it only takes one weirdy and one oppertunity.