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We have a inground pool in our backyard....so, never?!

When I'm more confident she won't run into the road and get run over. We are in a suburban neighborhood, but live right at a T where a main entrance to our subdivision dead ends into another so there's a ton of traffic.

Never She's almost 4, but I don't feel comfortable with her being out there alone. Maybe in a year or two?

Our back garden is very secure - fully fenced around the public perimeter with a 6 ft high wooden fence, including a gate with a lock high out of reach, and then a similar height hedge separating our garden from our neighbours - I am ok with my 2 yr old and 4 yr old playing out there if I am just inside where I can see them. I am nearly always out there with them but I don't stress if I go inside for a few minutes. There's no way for them to get out, people can't see in nor get in easily, and we have it childproofed so there is nothing dangerous out there....

ETA: here's a pic of our garden looking back towards the shed and storage area (no entry/exit access); the front gate is behind me.

I let my kids play outside alone in the backyard but I can see them the whole time from the kitchen. They are 3.5 and 6. It's not fenced off, but they know not to run to the front yard and I am watching them from inside.

I used to let my two year old stand out on the deck and watch the neighbor's dog with the door open so I could hear him. But once that got boring he started leaving the deck so now he's not allowed outside without us.

If I had a fenced in yard, I would let him play outside by himself but i would probably check on him every few minutes or watch out a window.

Our yard is fully fenced and padlocked. It's a tall fence, too, and we have intentionally child proofed it. My kids (2 and 3) play out there by themselves all the time while I leave my kitchen door to the backyard cracked.

We live in an apartment but people let their (older) kids go to the neighborhood playgrounds alone. We live in a very safe city but I have no idea when I'll be comfortable with this...maybe 9 or 10????

@Ree723: If we had something like this, I would be comfortable letting them out alone now (and they are 2 and 5).

I let my son out alone, but only for short periods of time. He can open every gate and climb over a wall to our neighbors house and at the moment, he's not the best decision maker.

The only time I fully trust him not to "escape" is when he requests to drive his electric car. He sets up cones on the front lawn and drives in circles.

We put up a baby gate on our back deck, specifically so that we could let our 9 month old son play out there. One of us is generally with him, but I've left him alone on the deck to run inside to get something - there's a screen door that we keep closed, so he stays on the porch (can't get in the kitchen which isn't child proofed) but we can hear/see him. As he gets older letting him into the backyard will be based on fencing and how well he follows rules.

We have an acre. It's not fenced, but has woods on 3 sides. I've let him play outside by himself since he was about 2.5. I literally check on him like every 3 minutes. He's 4 now, and he's not a wanderer and doesn't get into trouble, but I still keep an eye on him from the window because I have irrational fears of tree limbs falling on getting bit by a snake or something. But I try to keep him from knowing I'm watching because I think it's important that he has alone time to play.