Re: Is 7 too young to be left home alone?
And I think that is a perfectly fair assessment--where someone lives and what they are comfortable with comes into play too in making these decisions. Also, one ought to take what is legal into consideration--We don't have home alone laws in Virginia...we have stuff like this.Although, some communities have their own guidelines or statutes/rules.
Lol! I never ate glue, I liked to rub it into sticky goo as it dried. And I had an IQ of 168.
A don't even know so much that its being smart...so much as a matter of self control (I only bring it up because I really just wanted a reason to post the article).
There is a point where certain behaviors just aren't developmental anymore and should be a trigger for parents to wonder if something else is going on. A 5-7 year old that puts poo on the walls, and doesn't have a known learning disability or other impairment has a legitimate issue--or has parents that need to institute some consistent and frequently reinforced boundaries. Even my kid with ADHD stopped doing stuff like that around 2-3. And Chickadee, who never met a white wall that didn't need some color, stopped drawing on the walls around 4 (now we draw on paper and tape the paper to the wall--not as satisfying, but a resonable compromise). Plus, if someone has a kid regularly eating crazy stuff, then they need to see a doctor--pica isn't normal and generally has a psychosocial or biochemical trigger.
Originally posted by Medusa
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Unless of course you think you have a smart kid and I see it on the porch eating glue. Then I might mention it.
A don't even know so much that its being smart...so much as a matter of self control (I only bring it up because I really just wanted a reason to post the article).
Originally posted by Rowanwood
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There is a point where certain behaviors just aren't developmental anymore and should be a trigger for parents to wonder if something else is going on. A 5-7 year old that puts poo on the walls, and doesn't have a known learning disability or other impairment has a legitimate issue--or has parents that need to institute some consistent and frequently reinforced boundaries. Even my kid with ADHD stopped doing stuff like that around 2-3. And Chickadee, who never met a white wall that didn't need some color, stopped drawing on the walls around 4 (now we draw on paper and tape the paper to the wall--not as satisfying, but a resonable compromise). Plus, if someone has a kid regularly eating crazy stuff, then they need to see a doctor--pica isn't normal and generally has a psychosocial or biochemical trigger.
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