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Old 05-17-2012, 04:17 PM
 
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hml1976...I'd pass on it myself....I'd be too worried...too many hairs would turn white.....but just to be safer for your little one, I hope you've got a cell or something she could use.

 
Old 05-17-2012, 04:18 PM
 
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hml1976...I'd pass on it myself....I'd be too worried...too many hairs would turn white.....but just to be safer for your little one, I hope you've got a cell or something she could use.
Yes, I will leave her my cell phone, some sunscreen, and a bottle of water.
 
Old 05-17-2012, 04:20 PM
 
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I think you are insane.

As the father of an 8 year old I would NEVER bring him to a park and leave him there for an hour alone. So what if other kids are around? What if your kid gets hurt and is crying and ALONE?
I was hurt at a park when there were no adults present. I was 6 or 7. Busted an ankle coming down the pole on a jungle gym. My brothers and the other big kids carried me home just like they'd been taught in Boy Scouts. About 1/2 mile and across a major street. (My heroes!)

1960's. Dark ages. We were actually taught what to do in case of emergency. No cell phones either. Imagine. (I'll have to ask if they splinted my ankle with a magazine and some handkerchiefs. That would have been cool.)
 
Old 05-17-2012, 04:23 PM
 
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Wow, I'd never call this kind of parenting new age...more like old age don't you think?
My childhood was in Brooklyn, my son's is in Beverly Hills. In BOTH cases I would never let kids at age 8 out to do anything by themselves or with their friends.
I really think the best way to think about it would be the legal age that they are allowed to stay at home. Let me look it up on google now.............

12, no law but children's services come after you if they are under 12.
 
Old 05-17-2012, 04:27 PM
 
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My childhood was in Brooklyn, my son's is in Beverly Hills. In BOTH cases I would never let kids at age 8 out to do anything by themselves or with their friends.
I really think the best way to think about it would be the legal age that they are allowed to stay at home. Let me look it up on google now.............

12, no law but children's services come after you if they are under 12.

Hmmm...I wonder how you feel about the group of Kindergarteners in my neighborhood who walk home from school together (and ALONE) every afternoon.
 
Old 05-17-2012, 04:27 PM
 
Location: Austin
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I'm going to bring my almost 8yr old to the park on Saturday and attempt to leave her there for an hour or so (as long as there are other kids around). She can walk home. Does it make me nervous? Heck yes, but I agree with the concept of letting our children have some independence and freedom.

What do you all think about this?

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Your child is way too young, and if you honestly meant this post as a valid consideration, I am beyond shocked. Almost speechless.

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Old 05-17-2012, 04:29 PM
 
Location: Austin
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So you never played at the park when you were a kid without your parents? Never played in the neighborhood without someone watching you? The park is two blocks from our house in our small town.
What exactly are you trying to justify?? Putting a young child in a position without adult supervision in the "hopes" that nothing can go awry is not only stupid, but extremely naive. I am still speechless.
 
Old 05-17-2012, 04:30 PM
 
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Really? And what are your thoughts on today's supposedly entitled youth and their inability to do anything - like say get a job - without the help of their parents?
That is the parent's fault for a lack of parenting.
Every child born in life will take the easy way if you let them. You have to help direct them in life.
Granted children today are indoctrinated in school with the philosophy in socialism and when they graduate they are left to overcome that unless you get strong parents who remember to let them know the realities of life early.

There is no free ride.

You have to work for 45 years or more in real life.

No work is beneath people and you should have respect for all work.

Live within you means about three levels below your ability to earn so you can save and have money for emergencies.

Respect other people.

Go to school and sit down, behave, participate, listen, do the work then come home to do your homework and study. (because education is really done at home)

Those are my immediate ideas on the subject.
 
Old 05-17-2012, 04:32 PM
 
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What exactly are you trying to justify?? Putting a young child in a position without adult supervision in the "hopes" that nothing can go awry is not only stupid, but extremely naive. I am still speechless.
I appreciate your concerns, really I do. But at what point do we start teaching them independence then? I guess 8 to me isn't super young, my daughter already rides her bike in the neighborhood with her friends alone within a block of the house. My kids are in private school or they would walk to school with the rest of the kids in the neighborhood.

I'm not going to sit on my child until she's old enough to drive and then send her out into the world. I think its a gradual process.
 
Old 05-17-2012, 04:34 PM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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Hey, you asked for opinions and I gave you mine. Don't jump down my throat with those questions. Times are much different since we were kids. It is unfortuante but a fact.

Go ahead, drop your kid off for an hour and don't think twice about it. You are wonderful. (Is that better?)
I agree- you asked!

No Way would I bring my 8 yr old to the park & leave her there, no way...
People are always in the mindframe " it can't happen here", but it can...
Let's hope it doesn't!
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