My daughter is 6 and does my arrends for me alone is that weird.?

Question

We live in a town in Illinois called highland park and there are like no cars and 6 year olds are rich and know as much as a 11 year old. we live across the street from town so she is just crossing one street. She has a cell phone and she enjoys it. She just strolls down the roads jammin to her ipod shffle. is this ok

let me make myself clearer. We have an allowince chart and my daughters pick 5 chores for one month and get paid for them. Its not like she's walking around town its just walkin to walgreens wich is less than a block away. jeeeeeeezy weeeeeezy

Answer 1

No. Rich kids can be taken just as easy as poor ones. I will be seeing you on Nancy Grace soon.

Answer 2

With a name like yours; Glitz and Glam, what are you doing besides asking stupid questions while your daughter is off wandering your little town? She already has an Ipod, a cell phone but what will she do when she cant hear a predator coming up behind her and stuffs her in his car since you already gave the name of a small town where 6 year olds just wander the streets? Get real and have her chores INSIDE the house where you can monitor her! You do the shopping and pay the bills and she can vacuum or clean the tub!

Answer 3

ok enough of the rude remarks!!! my god! In my opinion 6 is a little young to be out alone. We live in a very small town too, but there are people out there that do look for kids just like this. Although she is very mature, she is still only 6. If an adult tried to hurt her she may not be able to defend herself, or run away. I would maybe have one of her older sisters go with her, or maybe have her do things around the house. If felt you needed to ask this queston you must have been unsure weather is was ok...as a parent you need to trust your gut. If there is ever a question of safety, don't do it. hope that was helpful. Kerri

Answer 4

OK, first off, it's errand, not arrend.

With that out of the way:

I don't think it's weird at all. When I was (lemme think) ...8? i think? I always wanted to get stuff from the store for my mom (and, much to their great annoyance, my neighbors). I received next to no payment (besides an issue of the Beano comic book every Tuesday), and maybe a pound or two (i lived in England)

Also, I think that some kids like being independent, adultlike, etc. For instance, we know someone who carries around a fake cell phone. He never wants drinks in a "kiddie cup" or a styro cup; only an "adult drink" will do. He wants to be just like his parents.

In conclusion, I think that, as long as you know she's safe (and actually going to walgreens and nowhere else; a cell phone may not be as good a bet as a walkie-talkie alongside, so you don't have to dial and waste time incase something happens) then I think it's perfectly fine, and very normal (not that all 6-year-olds do it, but it's ok) for her to go erranding for you.

Edit: a GPS tracker would not be completely out of line either, so that if and when she does get kidnapped, you can tell where she is and give the GPS to the cops

Answer 5

First, get up from your computer, then go to your CHILD and take away the cell phone and ipod, then when you need something from walgreens, get your lazy *** off the couch and go for a walk. Hey, maybe you could even take your daughter with you! Now wouldnt that be fun! Jammin to her ipod? what a joke

Answer 6

my son is eight and he plays football and has taken karate for the past 2 years and i won't even let him walk to his Buddy's house that's 2 houses down neither will the other boys mom we take turns watching them when their out riding bikes and skateboarding etc there both smart boys and on the honor roll and good but you just have so careful these days i live in an entirely different type of setting now but i grew up in a small quaint super rich small town too and even if we lived there i still wouldn't let him i am not going to say that what your doing is wrong but maybe teach her some safety tips like keeping her ipod volume down so she can hear if people approach her from behind and she shoul know what to do if some one tries to lure her in a car or something so becareful it would ruin your life if something happened to her i'm sure you know that ...and my boy is not only smart he is strong and for 8 he is 4ft 11in tall his dad is 6ft 4in and i don't think size or how knowledgable they are has anything to do with it because the horrible nasty prediators who kidnapa and abuse kids are unforinatuely smarter and will go to great lengths and desprate measures to get kids and some kids have been less than 100 yards from there house when they get nabbed or even in their house so do what you think is best but teach that little on how to kick the *hit out of ann old perverts balls good luck

Answer 7

Ipod, cell phone, errands?! What happened to having a childhood? Take away the ipod and cell phone and give her Bratz dolls instead. If you need someone to run errands for you, pay a neighborhood preteen or teenager to do it for you. I wouldn't even let her cross the street without supervision.

Answer 8

it is ok for a child to have responsibilities and get rewarded for doing them. it is not normal no matter where you live to let your child go somewhere alone at this age. one of these days, she may do this and never come home. just because you live in a good neighborhood or have a lot of money does not mean that nothing will ever happen to your child. go with her. just give her things to do around the house. she is too young to go places alone.

Answer 9

let your child be a child 6 with a cell phone crossing the street,you people sound like that movie the stepford wifes.no its not ok! get into the real world.how about teaching your child about god.

Answer 10

What do you mean by '6 year olds are rich and know as a 11 year old'? I don't get it.

Answer 11

No, that is not OK. She is missing out on interacting with her parent. Get her out of the electronic age now while you still can. Try having a real conversation with her. You need to spend actual time with your children instead of sitting in front of a computer.