[blparent] What's the right age?

[Erin Rumer]

I would say that if another parent is supervising and you feel good about
that other person than it's alright.  If the kids are on their own then 4
years old is too young to be on their own with other kids and no adult
supervision.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 4:22 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] What's the right age?

Hi.  I have a question about when to lengthen the apron strings a little.

Sarah's friends were playing outside this afternoon.  There were two girls
of about ten, then one Sarah's age, and a younger kid who's maybe two or so.
I told Sarah she could go play ball with them.  I went into the house to
work for a little while because I knew Sarah was fine.  But when I went
outside to check, they weren't in the yard anymore.  They probably went into
the house to watch a movie or something.

So, when do you let them have a little room?  At four, is Sarah old enough
to be playing at someone else's house when I'm not there?  I don't want to
be one of those helicopter moms who hovers too much.  I know the mother of
the girls who live there.  But I thought they would stay in the yard.
Should I let it be, or go get her?

Sarah's dad thinks it's fine and I'm just acting a little paranoid.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
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