i had a decent amount of freedom as a kid.. more around the age of 10 I suppose.. too old to remember back that far now

We have just started allowing our son to go places without us. We bought him a phone and have given him restrictions.. as in he is under no circumstances allowed on the beach and can only ride from our house to the park and always stay ont he bike paths.. yestercday however after a week of not beong allowed to go out alone well without an adult I mean he went to a friends house after he was only allowed at the park.. Not a huge deal to him but to me it was as he broke some trust we had rebuilt.... hence today he was not happy as he wasn't allowed to leave the yard on his bike.. I think he learnt his lesson though.. All he had to do was ring me and ask if he could go to ## place and I would have said yes... oh and how did i know where he was LOL.. I rang him.. I ring him every half hour or so, It was a very tough decision to make to allow him out like that...