What's the best age.....

[kimmumof2]

No younger than 7 certainly as they can't develop speed distance awareness till then and you run the risk of them trying to cross a road to get a ball or something and being unable to judge safety

exactly why i put 8. i would let them play in a closed front garden etc at 5 or 6 and if i was with them but not near a road or able to wonder.

 

[twitch]

I was out from the age of 3. But we lived in a close knit countryside village. In the area I currently live in I'd let them on the front communal lawn from 5.

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

well where we live now Braydon would have to be very sensible before i let him out
we live in a really nice area but were rite on the road and u get to or three serious idiots that drive around like maniacs and im not confident that they wouldnt go off the road

 

[foxymum]

Josh is 5 & a half & begs me to let him out the front, but i can't here because there is a road to croos before you get to the green where the kids play, but there are some mothers that do, there is always a girl of about 5/6 wandering around on her own

if i let Josh out even with Georgia who is nearly 11 i would be too worried.
he plays in the back garden.
i even worry that Georgia is ok out the front

 

[mary70]

i put 8 because i think by that time they r a bit more aware but my son is 15 and i still worry when he is out the house and i hate it when he says he is going to shopping centers and things and he is the most sensible lad you could wish to meet but i dont think he is the problem its the other idiots that r out there

 

[kirlykird]

Tom and Beth were 8.

They are allowed to play out in our cul de sac and at the end of our road there is an open field with a playground which they are allowed to play on as long as they stay together