‘Home Alone’ at 7, Safe and Learning to Stay That Way

Motherlode
My 7-year-old son asked to stay home while I ran errands in our neighborhood. I agreed, and our experiment was a success — except to those who insisted on seeing encouragement of independence as a "tragedy waiting to happen." Read More...

Read the complete post at http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/home-alone-at-7-safe-and-learning-to-stay-that-way/


Posted Sep 28 2014, 06:05 AM by Motherlode
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