I have some mixed feelings about these guidelines.
I started my first job at 15. I got my driver's license at 15. I also had free reign to travel anywhere in town when I was 7. I frequently explored abandoned military outposts when I was a kid, and even found buried relics from those same outposts that eventually wound up in a museum. That being said, I also had to carry my brother after he sliced open his foot on one of those excursions, so...it ain't all good.
Learned to swim at age 5, so rivers and stuff weren't a problem. I guess there isn't a good chart for this type of thing. The best option is to teach kids early on how to deal with life. Training them to swim, avoid poison, and avoid traffic are probably the best options. Life is dangerous. There's no way to protect your kids forever. Nobody makes it out alive.

Hats off to whoever told them the river runs in a circle. That's the kind of epic troll you usually see reserved for Facebook posts offering "helpful hints" that are actually sure-fire ways of ruining one's car or phone.

I'll bet someone's off their Christmas card list now.

But why? Are the fences so easy to scale/breach by casual players? Can they just stroll in to maximum security with their smartphones? If so, then the Pokemon Trainers are the least of your problems.

I'd say it varies greatly depending on the area. In a small town it is probably pretty safe for younger kids to wander around on their own. In a big, crime-ridden city with lots of random eyes around, I'd be careful.

As for teenagers in general, they may be less vulnerable to strangers, but having a house to themselves for hours, with friends around, could be pretty risky in entirely different ways...

Those poor ectotherms. They'll overheat and die if they can't regulate their body temperatures by going under the shade once in a while.

Also, I was taken aback when I first read the post. Triple digits! I was like" man, that's boiling temperature". And then I remember that they still use the old measuring system in North America.

I was supposed to be a latchkey kid growing up, but 1. the term wasn't used widely in the '60s, 2. we never locked our doors, so I didn't have a key, and 3. I rarely went home before suppertime.

At 8 years old, I walked two miles home from the YMCA following my older cousin who was 10. At 12 years old, I crossed the Pacific on my own. At 16 I entered college. These types of charts are ridiculous. People should use their eyes, brain and the ability to talk to their children, to determine if their children can be left alone.

At 8 years old, I walked two miles home from the YMCA following my older cousin who was 10. At 12 years old, I crossed the Pacific on my own. At 16 I entered college. These types of charts are ridiculous. People should use their eyes, brain and the ability to talk to their children, to determine if their children can be left alone.

John's dicing onions in here again....

I'm glad you were able to enjoy Flying Witch. Daniel Kim above me mentioned Sweetness and Lightning, and even tho he may not have seen it, it's at the top of my favorites right now. The premise may seem a bit pokey, but it's a lovely story of a single father with his kindergarten daughter. Seriously, at least twice episode 3 I had some tears in my eyes. Not wailing and gnashing kind of grief like Re:Zero likes to induce, but just seeing their relationship and an honest portray of a 6 year old ish child really brings out the emotions.

If you want a WTF cute three-minutes of your life, there's also Bananya. As a cat lover, I had to toss that one in...

Another alternative, mentioned in a local Swedish news site, was to use the time of the last real dawn/dusk. http://www.thelocal.se/20160607/why-ramadan-fasting-is-a-challenge-in-northern-sweden .

Ever Cool! But....let's hope it doesn't start a trend: remember: Monkey see, Monkey Do!

I remember reading about a Muslim a few years ago trying to finish his lawn mowing before the sun came up during a summer Ramadan. Not only did he not finish by the time he saw the sunrise, but he was left pretty thirsty from the exertion. Poor guy.