3 ms·
What one parent considers reasonable is not necessarily so. For example a neighbor in our town house community considers it reasonable to allow his 5-year old a
by sidlls 9y ago
What one parent considers reasonable is not necessarily so. For example a neighbor in our town house community considers it reasonable to allow his 5-year old and 3-year old to play outside unsupervised, including "free-ranging" across busy streets and such.
- tropo 9y agoOn the parenting quality scale, there ought to be a huge gap between "good parenting" and "illegal parenting". Lots of crummy stuff should be in that gap.
- harryh 9y ago3 is a little young but I was definitely playing outside and crossing streets by myself by the time I was 5.
- sidlls 9y agoSo was I, but the streets weren't busy and there was plenty of grass and other open areas to play in. Hell, I used to bike and walk to school a couple miles away by myself starting in first grade. This is a community that is basically all pavement next to the only major road into or out of the town that is always busy. There are gradients in circumstances and what is reasonable, is my point. We ought not be too rigid nor naively permissive.