Opinions on letting a child go out of the house

[Fhaolan 4,483]

As soon as they can walk, kick them out and lock the door behind them. Survival of the fittest!

 

From what I've seen with my friends who are parents (and grandparents for that matter), what happened is that the generation that are currently parents were basically trained to be frightened all the time. Many of them grew up on tail end of the Cold War and just afterwards, where the media had fully switched over to fear mongering. Smog alerts, pollution alerts, terror alerts. Everything was bombarding people with constant 'PANIC! YOU NEED TO PANIC NOW!' messages.

 

So frightened parents raise fearful kids. So frightened of everything, especially of being somehow 'different' which would make them stand out and therefore be a target, that more than half of all children are getting diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, or some other disorder requiring constant drug use just to make them 'normal'. I know of one child who is being sent to school with a bottle of aspirin with a fake label on it, all in an effort to make her 'fit in' with the rest of her classmates who are all on mood-altering medication.

[Sapphire Quill 1,186]

Depending on the Time of Day, Area of Where you Live, And How old you are,

Really, I mean if it was Lets Say Noon, a good Area, And you're around Eight Then you should be fine, without super vision, 

Lets Say Anywhere after 5pm, No, Because well, that's when People are Lurking around, and it doesn't matter how old you are, or where you are, because there's Someone like that in most Places as I've seen.

I Would say it's Necessary but it doesn't need to be Constant.

Edited June 15, 2013 by Aecius

[Shanks 10,816]

I know of one child who is being sent to school with a bottle of aspirin with a fake label on it, all in an effort to make her 'fit in' with the rest of her classmates who are all on mood-altering medication.

Something is very very wrong with a society where being drugged is seen as the rule as opposed to the exception. I have taken anti depressants before and I can say first hand that things and other mind altering medications are no joke and should only be taken as an absolute last resort and must be used in conjunction with therapies and other interventions to address any issues that caused a person to have issues in the first place. Of course this is assuming the individual had any problems as though certain neurological and mental conditions are rising there is a lot of false diagnosis based on greed.

 

And exactly what kind of message is it to send to kids that they must lie about who they are in order to "fit in", fit in to what exactly? What is the point of "fitting in" when you don't know what anyone is really like because everybody is lying about who they are so they won't be judged by everyone else? It is kids raised with messages like this that go onto to shallow, phony, sycophantic clueless people who have no idea how to even be real people in the first place who put on this facade of self importance but are too fearful to actually be themselves.

[-Nobody- 519]

Your poll is missing a very important option. "It depends on where you live."

If somebody lives in a bad hood like mine, then no, I wouldn't want my kid going out there. If they live in an area with a low crime rate. then it probably is safe for them. But I still don't think a parent should not supervise their kid. A parent should always try their best to watch or have someone they trust, watch their kid, or else they'll probably end up as one of those kids who does dumb stuff because their parents never watch them.

[Psych Ward 377]

Honestly, it depends on the neighborhood you live in.  I have two or three pedophiles in my three street neighborhood.  I hasn't allowed out of the house until I was ten, had a phone, and wore a watch at all times.  I'm still not allowed out of the neighborhood alone unless I get permission first and my mom or dad drives me their.

[Lunas Husband 2,777]

Well its all about, how far they are going, where you live, do they have any friends going with them. But at the end of the day you need to let kids be kids.. let them go and play on their own and have fun.. cant keep a eye on them all your life..

[Scootalove 10,689]

It depends on where they live, what their age is, and on the activities that they do. You can only keep an eye on them, if it's necessary.

[CT-1138 3,182]

People have become far too untrusting these days that it's become saddening that you can't even go to a public park by yourself anymore without some over protective soccermom calling the cops on you thinking you're a perv. When I was a kid, my friends and I were outside for every minute we could get away with, and my kids will NOT be shutins, even if I have to lock 'em out.

[Scootaloo Is Best Filly 578]

It really does depend, if its over to a trusted friends house, and lets just say this friend lives in the neighborhood, and you live in a safe neighborhood like me. It depends on what kind of day it is, where you're going etc. etc. but, when/ if I have kids, if they're going out no matter how old they are if they're going out I'm gonna have a bunch of questions before they do.

[Demirari 454]

It depends on the environment, you aren't going to let a kid wonder around unsupervised in a bad neighborhood are you? I mean, it is common sense to not let your child explore by him/herself in a neighborhood notorious for pedophiles. It really depends on the environment.

[Sunlight 357]

I think it depends strongly on where you live. If you live in a nice, kinda high priced area, then you'd be more safe than if you were in a poor neighbourhood. It also depends on how far you're going and how long you'd be.