Would you allow a 6 year old to go out alone?

[tonari]

Almost 7.

To walk around the block with (very) small placid dog. Takes less than 5 mins.

Small, quiet village.

No. Absolutely not.

No

No.

No

No not a chance maybe 8

Absolutely fucking not

No!!

No ! Absolutely no way

No of course not. By herself would be bad enough, in charge of a dog is just ridiculous

No

I would but only if I was either secretly following them or I had spies watching them when out of my sight.

The child thinks they’re grown up but you’re able to step in immediately.

Not alone, no.

Not with a dog no

Absolutely not. My DS is 6, and I won’t even allow him to play outside on the front without an adult.

No, of course not.

No. No.

No - your dog may be a perfectly behaved pooch - but they make walk into a massive unfriendly off lead dog that goes for them. Could your son handle such an interaction?

would he pick up the poo and dispose of it safely ?

is he really mature enough to manage himself alone (if he fell / someone approached him etc) let alone a dog too?

6 feels very young .

Not in charge of a dog, never.

I always worry about kids walking dogs alone. They absolutely should not be left with the responsibility for that. Yours might be placid but the dog they meet round the corner may not. No child should be dealing with a dog attack / dog that ran into the road / dog that got loose and ran away.

LOLNO

Are you insane?

No.

Round here, kids start walking to school without parents at 9/10, so I’d personally use that as a gauge.

No way. 6 is too young, 7 is also too young. A sensible 8yo maybe.

What?

No of course not

Definitely not, especially not in charge of a dog

No way. So much could go wrong here (and to be honest the least bad of the awful things I can think of is the dog slipping its lead and running off or getting hit by a car). Let alone anything that could potentially happen to an unsupervised young child.