Parenting: part deux
As I sit here on my front porch with my children, Isabel is in her walker and Bubby in the sandbox, I see the 5 yr old girl from down the street walk by. I look down at her house to see if an adult is outside and I see no one.
This little girl is roaming the neighborhood unsupervised. She is not wearing any shoes and she is decently far from home.
Is that bad parenting, I believe it to be. Out job as parents is to keep our children safe and that in my opinion is just negligence. As a parent we are required to keep out children safe, teach them right from wrong and steer them down the right path hoping they continue through life making the best decisions to better themselves.
How do you justify letting your 5 yr old roam the streets alone. She lives across the street and down 4 houses She is always crossing the street. Most people drive slow but sometimes you get that occasional asshole that thinks they are driving the Indy 500. I just don’t get it. I worry about Nicki when she is outside too long and I haven’t see her or heard from her, she is almost 12. I hope for the sake of that lil girl that she grows up to be a well behaved individual.
March 28th, 2009 at 5:28 am
OMG, Jelly Bean is 14 and still can’t cross the street. LOL, I’m a little obsessive. I don’t understand some parents these days.
March 28th, 2009 at 5:46 am
I hear ya…there are kids on my block who have been walking around since they were 3. We are in a wonderful area but things happen (just watch the news). Also we live in a hilly area so all you need is for a car to come up over a hill and not see the kid on his big wheel until he is on top of him.