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- Medical Video: What Age Can You Leave Kids Home Alone? | Loose Women
- The right age for children to go alone
- 1. Age 6-7 years
- 2. 9-10 years old
- 3. Age 13-14 years
- Important rules let children go alone
Medical Video: What Age Can You Leave Kids Home Alone? | Loose Women
When is the right age to let the child go alone out of the house? Has this ever occurred to you? As parents, excessive worry about child safety is very natural. But that does not mean you let your child not be independent. You have to know how old the right child is to let him or her be independent to go alone. Too early can be very dangerous.
The right age for children to go alone
When is the right age for children to walk home from school alone? Or just go to the park near the house to play and go home by yourself? Or to the nearest minimarket? Maybe you are confused when the right time your child can be trusted to go out of his own house.
Unlike in Indonesia, developed countries have clear legal rules regarding the right age to leave children unattended or go alone without assistance. Criminal actions such as kidnapping and traffic hazards are two things that are most often the concern of parents to let children go alone. Here are instructions for letting your child go alone.
1. Age 6-7 years
This age is considered appropriate to let the child go alone or to start walking alone out of the house. Let the child walk with friends his age to play in the field or park near your home. Make sure it's close to home, so you can see the child playing several times. Remind them not to go far from the park. Try to teach your child to remember the full address of his house.
2. 9-10 years old
At this age, allow your child to expand his playground, not just in the park near the house. Your child can go to a minimarket near home to just buy ice cream or another child's favorite place not far from home. Give rules to children not to go to places that use public transportation.
3. Age 13-14 years
This is the most appropriate age for a child to go alone to a place that is quite far away like a friend's house or attend a friend's birthday which is not outside the city and still can be reached. Allow children to use public transportation. Make sure you know the place and if necessary bring a child a communication tool such as a cellphone to make it easier for you to contact him.
Important rules let children go alone
- Don't talk to strangers who aren't familiar and don't go with strangers who are not known.
- Teach the child to remember the full address, full name, complete parent's name, and complete mobile number.
- Make sure you have a cellphone and always activate it with ringtones.
- You have to know where your child will go and ask for the return time. Recommend your child strict rules and penalties (make sure not with physical punishment) if the child comes home late or forgets to call.
The most important thing is to let the child go alone is to make sure that the child is ready and brave to go outside without being accompanied. And make sure you are also ready to let the child go alone.
