> But, and this is key, I didn't simply hand Rosy some money, a grocery bag, close my eyes and send her to the market up the street. The article does note that

> But, and this is key, I didn't simply hand Rosy some money, a grocery bag, close my eyes and send her to the market up the street. The article does note that there was a whole process leading up to sending the kid out on an errand. Lots of out-and-about skill acquisition in gradually more-independent settings, culminating in the trip to the store. One assumes that if the child was particularly prone to distractions like that, it'd have come up and been worked on.