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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 78839" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>I'm with TimerLady on this one. </p><p></p><p>Further, I think it's easy to over-rely on the cell phone as a connection to our children. Having a child check in by phone really isn't a means of supervision them. Too easy, as you know, for them to lie about where they are and what they are doing. If indeed we do decide to let them wander the town for hours, better they circle around and come home from time to time than just pick up the phone and call. That technique of having to come home to physically check in gets them away from places they aren't suppose to be. Often they won't go back after checking in simply because it's too far to bother or the desire to be there is gone. </p><p></p><p>As for <em>letting</em> children wander the town for hours, I think there is a limit as to how many hours that should happen in any one day, especially without checking in physically with you. Your 13 year old exceeded that way before these problems started.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 78839, member: 1498"] I'm with TimerLady on this one. Further, I think it's easy to over-rely on the cell phone as a connection to our children. Having a child check in by phone really isn't a means of supervision them. Too easy, as you know, for them to lie about where they are and what they are doing. If indeed we do decide to let them wander the town for hours, better they circle around and come home from time to time than just pick up the phone and call. That technique of having to come home to physically check in gets them away from places they aren't suppose to be. Often they won't go back after checking in simply because it's too far to bother or the desire to be there is gone. As for [i]letting[/i] children wander the town for hours, I think there is a limit as to how many hours that should happen in any one day, especially without checking in physically with you. Your 13 year old exceeded that way before these problems started. [/QUOTE]
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