There are many reasons that we leave adults in charge of children and we don't let a 5 year old kid be in charge of watching a bunch of younger kids. The main reason - kids make really dumb choices. What is the worst idea you had as a kid?
A few years back, a study found that men did worse on tests when there was a woman in the room. The conclusion was that just the presence of a woman makes men dumber.
This morning we told you a story about a man who was arrested for battery after folding his ex-girlfriend's mother into a fold-out couch. This story reminded of us of our parents folding us "safely" into couch's when we were children.
We were reminded of other things that our parents let us do as children that we would never allow our children to do today.