How Old Is Old Enough?
When should kids be able to walk to school by themselves? What about have a smartphone? We hash out what we think the best ages are for certain activities and privileges—and how our answers now may differ from when we started the podcast.
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms · Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson
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Show Notes
How do we know when our kids are old enough to walk home alone? Wear makeup? Get a phone? It definitely depends on the kid, your family situation, and the community where you live, but we think there are few ground rules—and some scaffolding it's a good idea to have in place.
Amy and Margaret discuss:
- why social media may be the thing to delay, more than the phone
- why it can be tricky to leave older siblings in charge of younger siblings even when they actually are old enough
- when kids are old enough to "date" (which depends on what the meaning of the word "date" is)
Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:
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