Does your 11 - 14 year old know his or her address?

[borntobequiet]

Mentioned elsewhere on here that some school children don’t know their addresses. Could your child write down/input on a computer their home address (or addresses) in full, including postcode(s) from memory, if asked?

Yes he can. He's 6 I made sure he could since he was 4

I'd be very worried if an 11-14 year old didn't know their address! Perhaps not the postcode, but the number and street name at least.

Meant to put in assuming they are neurotypical, of course.

Rizzoli123

“Yes he can. He's 6 I made sure he could since he was 4“

Smart move. Friends of ours, he works away Monday to Friday, she’s epileptic. Their daughter has known, 999, name and address and “mummy’s epileptic” since about 2 years 9 months.
She also knew to knock on Auntie Shiela or Auntie Caroline’s (neighbours either side) doors if mummy “went to sleep”. She even knew what not to eat from the fridge if they didn’t come to the door.

Particular circumstances obviously but it made me think at the time. My husband worked away too but I was healthy. Just hadn’t really thought about falling down the stairs. Good to prepare them gently.

Mine knew our address and postcode and my phone number from the age of 5.

My 9 and 12 year olds would struggle with the postcode - my fault for not teaching them - perhaps I’ll start before they get asked and can’t answer!

@aggathapanthus

Of course they did. Barring SEN, why wouldn’t they?

I presume that no one taught them and lack of exposure/practice.

9yo absolutely does and 4yo knows all but postcode.

My 7 year old does, including his postcode (in the phonetic alphabet). He said it without hesitation when he was admitted to hospital last night.

Both my 5 and 7 year old know their full address and postcode.

DD knows number, road name & postcode. She randomly learnt the postcode recently & we think it's from all the parcels we get that she opens 🙊

We don't have a landline but she knows the pin for my phone & how to dial 999 from a locked iPhone.

ObviousNameChage

aggathapanthus
Of course they did. Barring SEN, why wouldn’t they?

I presume that no one taught them and lack of exposure/practice.“

Yes, you’re right, of course (please see my later post). Until it was pointed out to me by my close friend, it hadn't occurred to me, either.

I made my previous comment without thinking (obviously 🤪). Long day.

Sorry.

I’ll get my coat.

My 9 you do, because they're adept at online ordering. They can't bloody remember my phone number though...

Of course she could at that age.

I just asked my 10 year old and she repeated it to me including the postcode. Apparently I go on about it at lot

I wouldn’t mind betting mine does even know our house number, let alone road name or anything else. Will make sure to teach them this ASAP!

My mother lost my vile little brother when he was 4. She rushed to Grandma's who told her to go home and he would turn up. Sure enough a policeman arrived later on asking for a 'Mrs Howard', Howard was my brother's middle name. We then had an arduous trek to West Dulwich police station to collect him. He was carried out on the shoulders of a friendly policeman. He had had a whale of a time being fed jam sandwiches and cups of tea.
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My 2 year old can tell people our address, minus the postcode.

My 13yo knows our address and postcode, but the 12yo and 9yo don't know our postcode (do know the address). DD1 knows my mobile number but not the landline. The only person who calls the landline is DM so it's called the mumphone.

My 8 year old can do this. My 11 year is old more than capable too but would probably get some of the spellings wrong as there are 2 very long non phonetic words and she's dyslexic. Often spells the same word differently in the same paragraph

When I worked in a grammar school one of the transition activities was write a postcard home.
Apart from the fact that they didn't know what a postcard was, the amount who didn't know their address was shocking!
Maybe 7/10 didn't!
They would say things like it is past the house with the big tree / near the traffic lights etc etc

My daughter was taught address and phone number and how to call on a phone at three/four I think - single parent here and needed to know that she could get help if needed.

DS has known my mobile number and the first few lines of our address since he was 5. Don't think he knows the post code though. Like other posters I taught him in case of emergency as there's only me&him here. I taught him how to phone grandad from my mobile when he was about 3 for the same reason.

Some children may move house more often than others.

DS may not have remembered the house number where we lived for five months, though he knew the street and could walk himself home from school fine. He certainly didn't know the postcode. He was 10.

Good point about moving @kowari I lived in the same house with the same phone number till adult hood DD won't have that luxury

She's 2.5 and does know the way home from nursery/the supermarket/park so if she wasn't too stressed I think she could lead you back. She knows our names but but maybe couldn't answer "whats mummy name?" yet.