When is a good age for a child to go run and play alone

Hello everyone I live in an apartment complex (I am in the middle area) and my daughter has a friend that lives on one end of the apartments. I let her go to her friends alone sometimes because she has homework to do and they won’t know when she is done so I let her go and knock on there door like they do mine. Anyways she is 7 years old. Putting all this out there because like what age should kids be walking to there friends alone?? I feel she is to young but then again she is the youngest to run around without a parent or someone with her unless it’s night time. (She does not come home alone at night her little friend walks her home and she is the same age as my daughter I am surprised they let there daughter who is smaller than my child walk home at night alone)

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Definitely use your mommy instincts! My daughter is 7 and i still follow her around (or atleast stay within view of her) at the park. Would definitely also depend on the area, how quiet your complex is, how well “trained” she is on the outside world… i personally wouldnt allow my girl outside our complex for many reasons although many other younger kids are always out.

I’m maybe too paranoid or old school or I’m not even sure WHAT I am… but I have a 7 & 10 year old and I think they’re too young to be outside without an adult but my husband feels differently because he grew up in a neighborhood. I’d say 12/13 but I know that’s not the general answer & that I’m being super cautious.

We're we live it's townhomes with a field in the back I let me daughter play with the kids there but she's not to leave the field or area around the houses

That’s what I live in townhomes , there actually “hud housing” but that don’t apply to everyone like we pay full rent and some people don’t, when I lived in hud housing w my mom we ran around and did whatever we wanted but our area was smaller . They have 2 playgrounds here and she says there usually at the playground or there at her friends house but yeah I stay in Houston and I don’t really recall Houston being safe but like I feel safe in our neighborhood but like you never know

lol my baby can’t go anywhere…..we be in the house together

I'm sorry. I just wouldn't think I mean that I wouldn't allow my daughter to be running the complex by her souls at the age of 7, it's different, if she was going into an apartment with a friend and a family, the mother of a father and I have spoken and were all in agreement. Before they're doing homework, it's structured, and they're being supervised, but to be honest. Running about in the complex, that's when you lose your control, that's when all oh, the innocence goes away and they feel like they have control and they learn their surroundings.I just don't think that's safe nowadays.You never know who's watching those children see that they're by themselves and just snatch them up.Especially now, with all the holidays coming upon us

I definitely don’t have experience with town/city life as I’ve always been in rural areas, but I let my kids go outside by themselves. My oldest is 7 so if he’s not out there I won’t send my other 2 out but I suppose maybe the difference is that I can still see them. I do sometimes let him walk to up the lane to the farm shop by himself but again, we’re in the country so don’t have to worry about people

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