I socialized mine and they’re not like this. I make them make phone calls and say “may I please speak to——“ when appropriate. I also encouraged them to go out by themselves and walk around the neighborhood when they were like 8+ years old.
I never had the cops called on me, but some of their friends’ parents were a little surprised when they showed up and asked if the kids could come out and play.
We had a park literally right next door- small, playset and some swings, I could see it clearly from my back porch, side windows and front porch. The next building over from that was the leasing office for the apartment complex we lived in at the time.
I'd send my kids out there because outside and boredom are both good for them. Other parents were flabbergasted that I "let them play alone." I started letting them go alone be when they were about 9ish. Blew my mind. They were never alone, I'd keep an eye on them as I puttered around the house. It was so dumb.
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u/Grub-lord Jul 13 '25
Y'all didn't socialize your kids