Back in the dark ages when i was a child within our specified boundries I can't remember a time when we weren't allowed to play outside alone. I would say that my earliest recolection of playing outside alone was about 3 maybe 4 years old. We lived in a house on a farm .the yard was fenced and we spent hours withour parents inside out odf site.
My chidren were permitted to play outside alone in a fenced yard and with in specific limits unfenced yard from about age 4.
Of cource a lot depends on the neighborhood and the child.
Today with TV and computers it more a matter of getting tem to go out than concern for them being unchaperoned.
It's a frightening world out there. young children abducted from the yard ,house. Molested stollen murdered. No wonder parents are watching their children closer.
sincerly
Cliff
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