Ok. We live in a neighborhood where we see kids running around alone all the time...even younger kids. My kids are 5&7. My daughter (7) has a friend we just found out lives very close to us. She is all over the neighborhood alone all the time...well without an adult ever in sight. She came and asked inf my daughter could play out front. Well..NO unless I am out there with her. Thats why we have a back yard. She then walked right up to my door and tried going in my house to play. Really? Her mom does NOT know me...for all she knows I could have a child molester living with me...and her daughter is just walking into strangers homes?? I told her that is not OK...that I dont think it would be OK with her mom if she was in a strangers house. She said it was fine with her mom and tried to come in again. I would NEVER allow my kids to play in a home of people I have never met. What is WRONG with this woman? We have to protect our kids .. Am I just being the over protective mom?? Im so sick of seeing parent who just dont CARE!
My children wouldnt be wondering alone anytime...... not until about 12-13 & it wouldnt be no farther then to a friends house & id make sure they went there! you cant trust ppl now n days & i dont really trust ANYONE with my kids. AT ALL! i would have to have met u b4 my kids came in your home.
My kids are the same ages as yours and we have the same situation in our neighborhood. I am with you on the fact that MY kids do not go go outside unless I am out there with them. These other kids just run around ALL DAY long with no parents around. It's no wonder so many kids end up hurt or missing these days!
I dealt with that at previous place . the lil girl would come over and say she wanted to come in and even go out to eat with us. I never set eyes on her parents. It was not cool. you did right thing.
Mom is pre-ocupied, poor kid. She might have a lot of problems once those hormones kick in.
Thank you!! Im NOT crazy!
Well..yeah...she will be the one crying on TV...trying to figure out how something could happen to her kid. Well..you don't watch her! If you don't want to parent...don't have kids. Its not the girls fault...its the lack of a real parent. And, she even asked me if I could take her to school in the mornings. These are little kids who cant protect themselves...and its sad that some parent don't care enough to protect them either...
I do agree with you about the lack of supervision and how wrong it is...let me also say (from experience) no matter how many times you meet someone or think you know them, they can certainly turn out to be a child molester-there is no neon sign above these people's doors.
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- NananRaysmom
on Mar. 21, 2010 at 3:08 PM