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Same here, and I try to let my kids do the same, but they don't seem to want it. My youngest is 9 and still wants me to bring him to school and pick him up. My

by mcv 3y ago

Same here, and I try to let my kids do the same, but they don't seem to want it. My youngest is 9 and still wants me to bring him to school and pick him up. My oldest has a Swiss army knife, but I don't think he's ever used it. They almost never want to play outside, hang with their friends or anything like that. Maybe I should kick them out of the house, but that gets a lot of resistance and feels like punishment to them. And they're invariably back in 15 minutes. At least they learned how to cross the street safely at a young age. That's the one bit of independence that stuck.

trealira 3y ago
> Maybe I should kick them out of the house, but that gets a lot of resistance and feels like punishment to them. This is what my grandparents did to my mom and aunts and uncles when they were growing up during the 60s and 70s. They weren't allowed back inside before dinner, but they had to return by sunset. They were used to it, and spent their time playing in the woods and playing games with the neighborhood kids. Nowadays, if you kicked them outside the house, they'd probably just have each other to play with, because kids don't play outside as much.