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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
So at what age do you let kids out of the house unsupervised? My wife and I disagree on this one a little bit.
I think 7 is plenty old enough to go terrorize the neighbourhood, walk to school, and do whatever you feel like while the sun is shining.
She still wants to meet the parents beforehand, make sure they get on the bus every day, and make sure kids have supervision until 8 or 9.
Maybe it's just me but I remember doing whatever I felt like in grade 1.
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Depends on the kids and the neighborhood I guess.
I remember the day before the first day of school in grade 1 or 2, my old man grabbed us kids and walked us to school to make sure we knew the route, he also pointed out houses with neighborhood watch signs. But I think that program died years ago.
But I guess I remember that there were hundreds of kids walking to school in groups, but now parents drive their kids two blocks which is goofy.
I guess if you can teach your kids the common rules, "Strangers don't talk to them, if they approach you run screaming, don't get in cars, if your pistol jams, reaction it to clear it, always check down on the 4-3 defense etc" you should be ok.
As far as the cellphones and internet and T.V., A friend of mine, got pissed off about the whole thing, and bought his kids locked cellphones with their home and work numbers and no texting etc because he feels that kids under the age of 15 don't need a damn data package. And they get an hour of T.V. a day at most, and they can only play x-box on the weekend, and Internet is for homework or supervised browsing.
But he also makes sure that his kids are signed up for a lot of activities so that they can get used to dealing with other kids and not have their nose in their cellphones or video games 10 hours a day.