It is a question for parents of grade schoolers, tween agers and teens alike.
Although each indiviudal and community has different criterion, I was wondering how people decide upon degrees of freedom for their children. Being overly sheltered may present problems in the future but too much freedom has immediate dangers of its own.

Parents all must hold their breath and hope for the best at some point but are there any truisms for holding on and letting go that are universal?