What’s the Right Age for Kids to Receive Allowance, Phone and More?

Parents were surveyed on how old their children have to be in order to be more independent. Here’s how old they said kids should be before these things happen. First allowance at 9 years old. First phone, 11 years old. Walking home from school alone, also 11. But, it depends how close the school is to home. First sleep-over at a friend’s house, 12 years old. first job such as baby-sitting or having a paper route should be at 13 and staying home alone, also 13 years old.