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Great Question!
I think it really depends on where you live and how much you know and trust your neighbors.
T. is 9 and allowed to play outside unattended in the front or backyard anywhere on our street where I can see her if I walk outside. If she wants to go inside someone's home, she must come tell us. If I walk outside and do not see her, yell her name and do not hear her, I go to the other little girls' homes and find her. She then has to come home, put on her pajamas and hang out in the house without use of electronic devices for at least 50% of the day.
She has gotten really good at telling us where she is.
I don't have much trouble letting her out of my sight as long as I know where she is and am able to check on her.
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