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When is it time to give your kids some freedom? Mine are only 6 and 4, but I do try to let them have some free reign at home. If my son has done his reading, he can go upstairs and play with his toys after dinner. If my 4-year-old wants get on Nickjr.com or Disney’s new Fairy site, I plug her in then go about doing what needs to be done (usually laundry).
We do have a set routine at night, but if it’s 8:45 or 9:15 when they get to bed, I don’t push it too much (and usually they’re exhausted from running around so it’s earlier than later).
But while I’ve left them at the park across the street for a minute or two to run home for a potty break, I still haven’t let them hang out there without me.
Then I read this blog today on the Free Range Kids Web site and thought, “Wow. When my kids are teens would I be able to do this?”
I love this site. I love this idea. I just don’t know if I would do it.
Read it. It might at least spark a conversation with your kids or significant other (I plan to print it out for my husband. I think he would veto these ideas, but who knows).
http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/
