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At what age would you let two sisters...

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emkana · 11/04/2008 22:14

... go to the shop alone? It's about 250 metres away, you have to cross a fairly busy road and then go down an alleyway.

they are now 4 and 6, so def too young IMO, but was pondering at what age they could do it? Am thinking 7 and 9?

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Nyeh · 12/04/2008 10:14

Depends on the children!

getmeouttahere · 12/04/2008 17:26

Mine are 12 and 8.

The 12 yr old has done this since age 10 but NEVER would I trust her to be responsible for the younger one. They argue and fight so much, I can imagine one or both of them going under the wheels of a car!

Mumcentreplus · 12/04/2008 17:31

I too think it depends on the children...but I think 7 and 9/10 is fine...I remember going to the shop for bread when I was 9 I felt so grown up...although I did collect the paper in the cul de sac we lived in from the shop on the corner from about 2yrs (and got a free lollipop)

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NotABanana · 12/04/2008 18:14

my son is 7 and I don't let him cross the road outside our house without me there and we live on a cul de sac.

Mumcentreplus · 12/04/2008 18:16

I was a 70s baby mannnn

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