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Care & Feeding: Should a 6-Year-Old Go on Solo Walks?

May 6, 2024
23:27

On this episode: Zak, Jamilah and Lucy answer a question about a very independent kindergartener. This member of our Slate Parenting Facebook group has a six year old who’s taking solo walks around the neighborhood… and while his parents are cool with it, the neighbors aren’t. How can this mom field questions about why her kid is out by himself – and should he be out, at all? 

 

We also dole out a round of recommendations — and then, for Slate Plus, we debrief on Lucy’s first prom mom experience… and reminisce on proms of yore.


Lucy recommends: Having your kids interview older folks

Zak recommends: Kids clothes shopping at Salvation Army

Jamilah recommends: Doing It All: The Social Power of Single Motherhood by Ruby Russell


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Podcast produced by Maura Currie.

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