What age would you let your DC into a shop on their own

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DD is 8, 9 in a few weeks

Today we needed to go to the local shop (think a local Co op size so small ish) but i also needed to walk the dog we're are dog sitting. Obviously dog isn't allowed in the shop

Dd is relatively sensible so I told her the two things we needed (bread and milk) gave her £10 and watched her from the window while she went to buy them for me.

Should also point out we're probably at the shop 3-4 times a week so the shop staff know her and she was in my sight at all time.

Dh was working and juat got home and when I told him has gone mad saying I prioritised the dog over DD

I think it gave DD some responsibility and she loved it, not saying I will make a habit of it but proved to her she knew what to do

Oh for the good old days. At age 6 I used to walk down town on errands all the time, for bread and milk, for fish and chips, for whatever mum had run out of. I just feel sorry for the circumscribed lives kids lead nowadays. My DSis got a job when I was 6 and I clearly remember starting to go shopping alone, before that I usually went with DSis, so I knew exactly what to do. Mum used to tell me what it would cost before I left. I was not to pay more, but rather come home without. If it was more than one or two things she would get me to repeat the list several times before I left so I’d remember it properly. I loved it when I was little. Please give your DC the independence to do a bit of shopping by themselves.

Well done to your dd and I would have done the same. If dd refused but you insisted then you would be unreasonable but stuff like this is good for her self confidence and skills.

Yabu to think about it this hard and justify every moment of a non event. She didn't need watching in a co-op and I'm sure she can manage to remember more things generally than 'buy milk and bread'.

With me waiting outside where I could see them? 4 or 5?

This seems totally normal to me and well within an average 8yr olds ability.

Your DH is ridiculous. Kids far younger than yours have been sent down the shops for years and years. I remember at the age of 10 taking my younger sisters with me to get milk and that was in a capital city. (Drop your pearls ladies)

My DCs loved going to the local shop for DM at that age (there wasn't one near us).

This 👆He really sounds pathetic!

I don't want to have a dog in my home and I wouldn't be happy if my partner arranged for us to host one - it is violating the "not having a dog at my home" part.

So, maybe he isn't unreasonable about the child at shop, but you are being very unreasonable to bring the dog at the first place.

My DS6 goes into the shop on his own with me outside usually guarding the bikes!!!! What on earth does he think will happen in there? He needs to get a grip. But sounds like you have a DH problem overall anyway.

Your 'D'H is being bloody ridiculous. For milk and bread and you watching from outside? My twins were doing similar before they were 6. 😅 What world does your husband live in?!

Why would you not send an 8 year old into a shop while you wait outside?
Maybe not into John Lewis in Oxford Street because it's huge and confusing, but a small familiar shop should be easy for a child of that age.

So he is just making up shit to suit his own agenda.... how mature and attractive.

If you get divorced you can get as many dogs as you want op.

Just saying.

Same here 🤣 I used to be sent regularly to the shops on my own once I was 6-7.

I was being sent to walk to the shop at that age, also take away etc