Originally Posted by Xaccers

Things happen whether parents are there or not as demonstrated by the bath abduction while the house was full of people.

When I was 2 all my mates and I used to play out on our own in the cul-de-sac we lived in. No parents were around.
Things happen, it's part of life. I got my head stuck in a gate trying to get into a friends garden, loads of bumps and grazes, mate broke his arm falling from a swing. It's called life.
In Saudi at the age of 5 I was able to walk around large shopping centres on my own while my mum and sister did their own thing. I the Red Sea I spent hours alone swimming up and down the shore and reef.
I've seen the detremental effect on children that wrapping them up in cotton wool can do, it's not a pretty sight!
Messed up kids that can't think for themselves, poor imaginations, difficulty socialising, bed wetting until early teens.