My DD 11 is just about to leave primary school. She is excited about the big step to secondary and I'm less excited about all the growing up stuff.
We are giving her more freedom and independence but
the biggest challenge so far seems to be the sudden abandoning of parental boundaries by some of her friends parents. They are free to roam around, hang out in the park at weekends. They text message very late at night (DDs phone stays downstairs) I mean don't these kids need to switch off at some point. They have FB and Instagram accounts full of pouting and posing type selfies where some girls dress and look a lot older than 11 
I know most of the parents and I'm astounded by their attitude to these things. I mentioned to one mum about the late night texting and she said it had never occurred to her that this was going on but she had wondered why her DD was tired and grumpy and 'oh maybe I should keep an eye on things a bit more'. Another mum said she had allowed her DD Instagram without knowing what it was about and really had no idea how to check privacy settings or make sure her DD was safe on these sights.
These are intelligent people who up to this point have followed every parenting guide out there . No juice, no sweets and only organic vegetables - until 11, then do whatever you like.
Does parenting go out the window at 11 or Aibu?