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On one hand, I fully support efforts to improve access to childcare, but on the other hand, I was left unsupervised from about the age of 7-8 years old and it w
by Eridrus 8y ago
On one hand, I fully support efforts to improve access to childcare, but on the other hand, I was left unsupervised from about the age of 7-8 years old and it was fine. I was lucky enough to live walking distance from the primary schools I went to, but besides transport I'm not really sure why they need to be supervised at all times.
- milesvp 8y agoI'm fully convinced that they shouldn't be supervised at all times. I think being alone in a house without adults is a very important experience that shapes children, and without it we end up neutering them in ways that are hard to quantify. Even better if we allow them to roam neighborhoods unsupervised with other children, so they can learn to cooperate and deal with interpersonal conflict without an adult always acting as an authority.
- photojosh 8y agoWe're thinking about this issue right this very moment. Kids are 8 and 10, and in afternoon out-of-school care for 1.5-2 hours two days a week. Thinking for next year we will just let them take themselves home.