O/T Would you let your seven year old ....?

I as a child was sent in to grab a bag of sugar or something like that a couple of times because it was easier than taking into the store 4 fussy kids when I was capable of making a quick trip in and out, and no one gave it a second thought. It was not a big deal where I used to live. However we lived in a rural area and this was common place.

Now a days things are different and you have to be more careful. I wouldn't send my son into the store alone nowadays. I agree with the other person who said that the girl is very lucky she did not ask a pedophile or the situation could have gotten really bad.
 
I just started letting my daughter go into the YMCA by herself to go to her gymnastics practices. I pull right up to the door, she gets out and I wait until I see her go around the reception desk that leads to the gymnastics area. She is 10 1/2.

I also will not let her walk home from her middle school which is 1/2 mile from our house on a very busy road with a sidewalk and there are throngs of kids walking home. It's ok to be protective - they will have the rest of their lives to make decisions on their own regarding safety and maybe if they learn to be cautious and on guard now, they will always be that way whether walking to their car in a mall parking lot or choosing not to walk down a dark street alone......


My motto is better to be very safe than very very sorry!

Deb
 
That's insane and irresponsible. You are not being judgemental at all. How can a mother trust that nobody will do anything to her daughter?! I'm sorry I try to have faith in people but I just can't imagine my nieces or nephews going to a store while I wait in the car. It's too risky. She was lucky she ran into you and not some psycho that could've harmed her.
 
You mean the Target over by I35? Gah! Where was a parent/guardian? When I lived over there (Brooks AFB) my children weren't allowed out of my reach. I probably would have walked her to her parent's car.

Violette
 
You're not being judgemental. And if you are then I'm guilty of judging too because I think it's ridiculous for a child that age to go alone into such a huge store. I've seen people park right in front of the mom & pop convenience store down the street and let a child that age go in to buy something, but they are able to "see" the child the whole time. I consider that different if the parent has them in view the whole time. But that's unacceptable in a huge store.
 
I would never let a 7 year old go to the store alone nor with a friend, I won't even let my 10 year old go into the store alone, if it was something I needed I will wait till my 15 year old is home to babysit for me or I go during the day while they are all at school.
 
That's what I thought. If her mother could see her from where she was in her car...but she couldn't. The cards for the prepaid phones are way at the very back of the store in the electronics department. I thought it was weird that her mother wasn't with her.

Shirley
 
Never, never, never. NEVER.

Shirley you're a doll to take care of that poor little girl. She could have asked anybody...imagine the possibilities.

Ruth:-( :-( :-(
 
Absolutely not! AS far as a 9 year old, it would depend on where I lived. Back when I was 9, we lived in a very small town, so I used to go places by myself. That was also almost 30 years ago, so the world has changed. I don't know if I would allow it for the 9 year old either. Definitely not a 7 year old.
 
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