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I think you need to ask yourself "could I live with myself if something terrible happened?"
that 1.5 year old playing out in the front yard. Sure, maybe that kid is mature enough to handle it (uh, I highly doubt this by the way) but what about the guy that walks by, grabs the kid, and takes off, while you're inside? Could you live with the knowledge that your negligence got your kid taken and possibly killed?
A 1.5 year old does not have the survival tools to be alone. That's why they have parents. Once the kid gets older (I'm talking double digit age here) then you can start judging based on the individual kid, but when they're little, even if they're mature enough to handle it, they're not strong enough to stop something happening to them.
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