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<blockquote data-quote="mstang67chic" data-source="post: 170373" data-attributes="member: 2459"><p>For me it really depends a lot on the kid and the friend. We never really allowed that with our difficult child anyway but that's just him. If I knew that difficult child and the friend wouldn't get into trouble at all, I think 13 ish is ok. I only have difficult child so my parenting experience is fairly limited. He needed a lot more supervision at different ages than other kids so I don't really have too many "normal" experiences from him. I do have siblings that are quite a bit younger though. To use them as an example....I have 2 sisters and a brother. I would have let the older girl do something like that probably around 13 or so. My brother? Not so much. Not that he would do anything intentional but at that age, he liked to play in ways that could be destructive. (Actually I CAN use difficult child as an example) My difficult child and my brother are only 9 months apart. difficult child had spent the weekend at my dad and step-moms with my brother one time. While playing outside unsupervised around the age of 13-14 ish.....they hacked off a bunch of branches from one of the pine trees in the yard. They weren't doing it to be destructive....they made something out of the branches. Still though, not a good thing. Their play just could be destructive to the area they were in. </p><p></p><p>So basically, I guess it just depends on the kids involved. If you know both of them enough to know (or have an idea) of what they will do when alone, and it's not that bad....go for it. But if there are still concerns, I would wait awhile. Or you could always try it a bit at a time. If you know the parents will be home at 5, maybe let difficult child go at 4:30....something like that. </p><p></p><p>Hope that helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mstang67chic, post: 170373, member: 2459"] For me it really depends a lot on the kid and the friend. We never really allowed that with our difficult child anyway but that's just him. If I knew that difficult child and the friend wouldn't get into trouble at all, I think 13 ish is ok. I only have difficult child so my parenting experience is fairly limited. He needed a lot more supervision at different ages than other kids so I don't really have too many "normal" experiences from him. I do have siblings that are quite a bit younger though. To use them as an example....I have 2 sisters and a brother. I would have let the older girl do something like that probably around 13 or so. My brother? Not so much. Not that he would do anything intentional but at that age, he liked to play in ways that could be destructive. (Actually I CAN use difficult child as an example) My difficult child and my brother are only 9 months apart. difficult child had spent the weekend at my dad and step-moms with my brother one time. While playing outside unsupervised around the age of 13-14 ish.....they hacked off a bunch of branches from one of the pine trees in the yard. They weren't doing it to be destructive....they made something out of the branches. Still though, not a good thing. Their play just could be destructive to the area they were in. So basically, I guess it just depends on the kids involved. If you know both of them enough to know (or have an idea) of what they will do when alone, and it's not that bad....go for it. But if there are still concerns, I would wait awhile. Or you could always try it a bit at a time. If you know the parents will be home at 5, maybe let difficult child go at 4:30....something like that. Hope that helps! [/QUOTE]
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