https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:32:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301997 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:05:53 +0000 littlebug 2301997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Without PARENTAL supervision was 2nd grade - my teacher and his girlfriend took me and 2 other students to an amusement park for a day. We were his 3 best students. Could you even imagine that now???</p> <p>Without any adult supervision was probably 4th or 5th grade. We would go to HersheyPark and get dropped off for a few hours with a group of friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301962 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:45:55 +0000 .twist. 2301962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably 6th grade or so. My neighbour friend and I used to walk over to 7/11. It was one community over and you had to cross two busy highway intersections. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301960 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:43:22 +0000 BananaPancakes 2301960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kindergarten. I lived in the middle of nowhere and my sister and I rode bikes everywhere. It was close to mile just to catch the school bus, and we boarded horses a few miles away. So we'd have to walk there right after school to do horse chores before heading home. My mom was single for some time and didn't get home until late, so we were up to our own devices for a few years. I'd regularly go a couple miles into the woods by myself when I was in elementary school. I don't ever remember feeling in danger, but I cannot imagine letting my kid run wild the way I did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301850 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:01:59 +0000 Greentea 2301850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 :meh: I was unattended before that but it was kind of an enclosed 6 acres and a safe area, I couldn't get too far. When we moved however I was completely unattended after my parent's divorce, and I would go on LONG hikes by myself in hilly areas. Crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301846 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:00:47 +0000 Bao 2301846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably around then as well, my friends and I would bike up to a gas station that was probably 2 miles away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301843 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 07:57:44 +0000 blackbird 2301843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>17 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301825 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 07:41:05 +0000 looch 2301825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably when I started to drive, lol. In all seriousness, we lived on a busy street and my parents wouldn't let me ride my bike around the block alone pretty much ever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301810 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 07:28:23 +0000 ms.line 2301810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was not allowed to run (or bike) around the city on my own when I was young. My high school was very close to several universities, so my friends and I would hang out on campus for a couple hours after school and then take public transit home. And then when I turned 18 I peaced out and traveled throughout Greece with my boyfriend - my mom was an anxious mess! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301738 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 05:33:38 +0000 Charm54 2301738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely was biking around town and going to the park when I was 9 (I remember because that's when I got my bike). Before that I had pretty much the run of the neighborhood and would play outside from sunup until sundown. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301702 Thu, 24 Sep 2015 23:57:11 +0000 Boogs 2301702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used to get to hang out at the nearby mall in middle school, that's my first memory of getting to go that far from home. We used to walk a good bit from elementary school and spent a lot of time taking care of ourselves. I couldn't imagine doing the same with my kids nowadays. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301694 Thu, 24 Sep 2015 23:45:37 +0000 birdofafeather 2301694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the first times i really remember were walking to the mall from my friend's parents' apartment, which was 3/4 mile away. i think that was 5th or 6th grade. we obviously didn't have cell phones and we only brought random change with us to buy things at sanrio surprise and the sweet factory! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301686 Thu, 24 Sep 2015 23:24:22 +0000 lamariniere 2301686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4th grade. I biked all over town with a friend, I was several miles from home. But I grew up in a smallish town. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-first-time-you-went-far-from-home-without-any-parental-supervision-at-all#post-2301618 Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:37:02 +0000 mrbee 2301618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>From an early age, I would go out in the street in front of my house, or play basketball at the nearby court - and there were rarely parents around. But the first time I really went far from home by myself was on a weekend when I biked to a nearby shopping center... I just checked on Google Maps, and it was 1.6 miles from my house. I was in 4th grade, so I must've been 9 years old.</p> <p>It's hard to imagine just giving 4th graders dirt bikes, and letting them bike all over town. But that's what my parents did back then - and everyone else too - and it was a great experience! I hope that I'll be able to give my kids that sort of experience someday... I'm sure the biggest obstacle is just in my mind!!</p> <p>When was the first time you went far from home without any parental supervision whatsoever? </p>