Would you allow your child to ..?

[macara]

Answer then suggest the next one
I will start
Drink alcohol before they’re 18

Yes.
Get a tattoo before 18?

No.
Walk to the shop 5 minutes away crossing a side road aged 8.

No (unless with a friend)

Set their own bedtimes and learn from their folly (pre-teen)

No
Do their own laundry from 16

Yes - they should be doing their laundry well before then!

Have a sleep over with the opposite sex as a teenager.

Not sure.

Go on an overnight trip with a hobby group at 4/5yo, no parents.

No

Dye their hair (teenager)

Yes.

Brush their teeth on their own if they don't let you do it at 2 years old.

No.

Get their tongue pierced at 13.

No

Play at the local park by themselves, aged 10

All on their own without even any friends: No

With friends: maybe

Would you let your six year old use sharp kitchen knives to chop vegetables?

Would you let your six year old use sharp kitchen knives to chop vegetables? no

play on iPads/tablets/computers daily at primary age.

play on iPads/tablets/computers daily at primary age.

Yes

Dye their hair under 16

Yes. Well, DD did it anyway, even though she knew I was unhappy about it!!

Would you let a 15 yo get intercity trains (on a route they'd not done before) when they need to change trains twice on the journey?

Yes, in daylight and with a phone.
Audition for a place at vocational boarding school aged 9

Depends on the 15yo, some are dozier than others! My daughter in a few years would probably be fine, others I wouldn't trust to not get lost on a straight road.

Would you let your child do air rifle shooting (organised activity, not randomly)

Yes.

Would you let your child begin a gender transition process?

No

Would you let your child paddle in a river