I don't, but it's not by my choice. When we lived at the end of a dead-end dirt road, they were allowed to play outside without direct supervision. When we bought our townhouse last year, my husband put an end to that. They aren't allowed to play in our fenced back yard unless I'm outside with them. They are ten and eight. It drives me nuts, but I can't fault him because of what he's seen in his line of work.
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How "free range" are your kids?
They don't step outside the house without an adult
They can play out in the yard unsupervised
They can play up and down the block
They can roam the neighborhood, within limits
They can take public transit by themselves, or ride their bikes around town
They're not old enough yet to be "free range"
They're all grown now
No kids. Not my problem
Some other answer you'll freely range over to the forum to share
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Helicopter parents suck
Stranger danger is a myth
@WilhelmScreamer I'm a myth... Great
Depends on their age, honestly. Luckily, I live in a tight-knit neighborhood where everyone knows everyone's kids they keep an eye out for them.
I'm the reason you really shouldn't.
I always felt that God invented trunks on cars to keep the kids in and if they have been bad you can slam the lid on their cute little fingers.
I don't, but it's not by my choice. When we lived at the end of a dead-end dirt road, they were allowed to play outside without direct supervision. When we bought our townhouse last year, my husband put an end to that. They aren't allowed to play in our fenced back yard unless I'm outside with them. They are ten and eight. It drives me nuts, but I can't fault him because of what he's seen in his line of work.
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We were supposed to have a slightly different poll here today, but it turns out our content-admin system is not yet sophisticated enough to read my intentions without me clicking the SAVE button. So enjoy this fascinating outtake that answers the question "What would this poll look like if it were administered by someone who was paying attention?"
How "free range" are your kids?
@JasonToon Mine's too young for me to do much of this now but I'm hoping to be at choice 3 by age eight and choice 4 by ten.
@JasonToon (1) Kid is only two years old
@dave Yeah, my younger kids are at (3) - my older daughter was at (5) by age 14.
Nice to see the "Fuck having children" branch of humanity spends time their time on Meh. I'm not alone! EMBRACE ME, COMMUNITY.
@garrick52 Be careful who and how you embrace or someone might have children. Whoops.
Mine fit the "They're all grown now" category.
@olperfesser Yip. My twentysomethings can play anywhere they want to.
MY kids? Unsupervised? Ya, the world isn't ready for that.
I try- I can't get them off the sofa. Hey Meh, do you have a good deal on a cattle prod?
@sammydog01 we might have one around here somewhere...
Hell yes my brother man. Free range parenting, ya digg?
Let? I think the word you are looking for is "insist".
Huh. Kids are soft. Back in my day, my parents would put us kids outside for the night to guard the house, just to give the dogs a break.
I wonder if the Irk has any demon spawn?
I really hope that you guys are compiling all of this data somewhere. Eventually I want to see some sort of graph that depicts the wild opinions of those that frequent this site.
No, but my goat does.