Poll: Most Americans Want to Criminalize Pre-Teens Playing Unsupervised

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14. 12 yrs old means 6th or 7th grade. Will they follow them around in high school? The

Answer is ...possibly
because I have seen it !!
You should want your child to experience life
Besides media I blame parents looking to make their child their best friend at inappropriate ages like middle school high school
I have had people brag that they are best friends with their high school son etc.
I have a great relationship with all my kids they are all A students and well mannered but they have friends their own age they do things with and I don't need to stand over them all the time
We have plenty of family time and extended family community time but they all have their own friends to play with. They are open with us and I trust honest. I recently found out one of the friends was confiding in us things they didn't discuss with their own parents (feeling they were unpopular) so we are not absent parents and even others feel they can talk to us
Some peoples kids do not seem to have close friends at an age that it is important to socialize I noticed and it is the parent who is making the world to be a big scary place and stopping them from normal (IMO)socialization and I will add physical activity and sunlight .
If they are allowed play it must be arranged and supervised and then of course that makes it infrequent and hard to form real friendship
Each to his own I just couldn't do that
As a parent you are always a little worried but when it becomes anxiety ridden phobia it's whacko
Granted there are some localities you shouldn't be out in some parts of town due to gang activity but I don't think that is what this survey is picking up here.