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.
Parents reported a wide range of ages for unsupervised activity. For bathing alone without a parent in the room between 2-15years. Crossing the street alone 3-16 years.For riding a bicycle alone 6-21 years.
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol.161: 656-662Â No.7. July, 2007
