When did you first let your child play in the bath unsupervised, walk to school alone, go for a bike ride with his/her friend? In a new survey parents report a wide range of ages acceptable for unsupervised activity

The study in which nine hundred and forty households with children aged 1 to 14 partcipated, and which is published in the July, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine concluded that parent enagaging in risky behaviours, and allowing their children to do so, often were providing less supervision. [continue reading…]