Originally Posted by MrsSteinel'sHouse:
Here I can't have the kids outside without me being physically out there so if we are out, we are out. There is no back and forth. I do know what you mean though... my school age kid often asks to go inside.
Kids over 3 here can be outdoors alone (even without a fence!) as long as there is sight or sound supervision. I don't let them out until they are 4 without me, and then only if they have the level of maturity to handle it, and I do have a fenced yard. I can see them, and I can hear them. They're safe out there, and I do monitor them, but there's not much to monitor when they spend most of the time standing outside the door begging to come back in.
