[blparent] What's the right age?

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

> Thanks.  One of the older kids brought her home a few minutes ago because 
> they had to have dinner, and the toddler fell asleep, so her mom had taken 
> her inside.  I knew the mother of the two-year-old was outside watching 
> the kids.  The mother of the older kids was inside the house, not feeling 
> well. So it wasn't a matter of no adult supervision.  I guess I didn't 
> make that clear in my first post.  It was just the first time that Sarah 
> had changed locations without me right there, and gone into somebody's 
> house.  I wouldn't say I'm friends with either of the moms, but I've had 
> casual conversations with them, and our kids have played together.  I just 
> felt uptight I guess because it was a first, and sometimes it's hard to 
> let go. When our babies are little, we have control of virtually 
> everything in their world.  As they get bigger, we have to let them 
> venture out, but it really felt difficult not knowing exactly what was 
> going on.  Sarah said they were sitting around telling spooky stories.  I 
> asked her what the stories were about, and she said one of the boys in the 
> neighborhood, who's about six, told a tale about leaves turning into 
> people.  She said she told about a grandma who got hit by a car because 
> she didn't look both ways before she crossed the street.  All's well that 
> ends well, I suppose.
>
> 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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> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 5:56 PM
> To: "'Jo Elizabeth Pinto'" <jopinto at msn.com>; "'Blind Parents Mailing 
> List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: RE: [blparent] What's the right age?
>
>> 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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