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Children playing out

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Poops81 · 13/08/2019 15:56

Is this a bit odd? There are two small girls in my street (4 and 6) who play out unsupervised all the time. I won’t let my six year old out on the street unsupervised but she is allowed to play in the garden with her 3 year old sister. They have seen them out so I let them in the garden to play as I felt sorry for them Mum had no idea where they were, you can’t see our house from there house. They were round our house til 8pm last week when I had to ask them to leave. They were still playing in the street at 9.30 They knock on my door about 5 times a day asking to play and I have just started pretending my daughter is out. It’s not sitting with me right at all. They so little and out unsupervised on the street all the time but I can’t take them in all the time and let them play as they caused carnage in the house last week and it’s not fair on my husband to have to come home to a houseful of children that aren’t his!

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Poops81 · 13/08/2019 21:49

Thank you so much you have been incredibly helpful. This is the sort of advice and support I came here for xx

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Stompythedinosaur · 13/08/2019 22:10

I think this sort of thing really depends on the area. My dc played out at those ages. Not out of sight from the front door though. It's worrying that they aren't checking them. I agree you shouldn't be bringing them in your house without speaking to the parents.

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