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

[wadjet-theperv.livejournal.com]

I said between three and four, but I don't think either of ours had one after three. Once they were in a bed (or able to climb out of the crib!) and could come get us, we figured they were fine. It was mostly there for the whole cot death thing so we could make sure they were still breathing! The walls in our house were stone though, and it was quite hard to hear what was going on upstairs when we were downstairs.

I think it depends on the situation in the home, but I certainly wouldn't have bothered after they went to kindergarten.