Sanity Check Needed

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I don't have children but I fear one of my friends is being overly protective of her son. He's the only child she's likely to have and I get that he's extremely important to her. That being given, I have a question. Just in case parenthood makes a difference, I have divided the question, the first set of answers is for parents, the second for non-parents.

Edited after the first two responses:
What I'm looking for is the age at which a normal, healthy child should no longer have a baby monitor turned on in his/her bedroom. If never is a choice, feel free to leave a comment. I'll tally those by hand, later.

Edited again:
Upon further reflection, the question I want answered is "By what age should a baby monitor be removed from a child's room because if it isn't I will think the parent is a nut."

[Poll #1291613]

Comments

[betagoddess.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to pipe in the point of view of an "oldster". We didn't have monitors when our kids were small and somehow we all survived. *g*

I also walked twelve miles to school, uphill both ways. Heh heh.

Funnily enough, our daughter and I were talking about this just today. The only reason they have one is because Benjamin sleeps in their bed and he's crawling now. They watch TV in the family room in the basement after he goes to bed, and they wouldn't hear a thing if he got up and fell off the bed.