Reply To: Parenting: Watching Children vs. Independence

Here are some thoughts:

Never let a child out of your sights until age 7.

Child can walk outside alone on your block at age 8.

Child can walk outside on neighboring blocks at age 10.

Child can cross streets at age 11.

Child can cross avenues at age 12.

Child can babysit siblings at age 14.

If a child is c’v lost, he should be trained to speak to a uniformed officer. Barring that, a woman.