Well I routinely leave my 8 yr old at home for short periods of time, Harriet. We used to live in Johnsonville and my son would run down to the dairy all the time at the age of 5 through to 7. He’d go and buy a pie and a bag pf chips and once a bag of nappies when I had the norovirus. A couple of times he took his five year old brother. It’s this weekly trip to the dairy that he misses most about NZ. Most other Mums were too paranoid to use their common sense about leaving kids alone.
m@tt (466) Says:
December 5th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
“Very sad, but kids die in accidents. Some fall down drains. Others get hit by cars. Each loss is a tragedy.”
True, but when it happens because the child was doing something to benefit an employer, who is profiting from that child, I think there should be some level of oversight.
Oh my God!!!! – this is why New Zealand became the PC hellhole I was fortunate enough to escape this time last year. GOD FORBID anyone should make a profit off a kid.
How the fuck else do kids learn their money skills? Trade is what our society is built on and if you don’t learn money skills young, you end up bludging off the state.