| It's interesting to hear both sides of the debate. If my child was invited to someone's party that I knew the parents, I have no problems leaving them. Unfortunately, the parties he's invited to are school friends who I don't know the child or the parent. When he is at home, he is normally at a neighbor's house unsupervised by me. Half the time, I'm not even sure which neighbor he's at. I walk the court and look for his bike. I trust my son completely when he's at a neighbor's house. I do not hover and he's over there for hours at a time sometimes. Parties are different because these people are strangers to me and the parties are in large crowded places where no one is probably paying attention to my child and he can either wander off or get taken. No I realize the possibility of an abduction is rare but if it happened, I'd never forgive myself. |