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slightlv

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14. It was normal back in the 60's and 70's, too...

Reply to Justice Brandeis (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 4, 2025, 09:39 PM

Jun 4

Geesh! We walked to and from school every day by ourselves... a whole 10 blocks! (LOL) Until I had earned enough money to buy a bicycle, I walked everywhere in town.. from one end to the other. And I didn't have a phone in my hand the whole time, either!

Coming home from piano lessons one afternoon, I DID get hit by a car when I crossed the street to address the person (my mother's friend) who had stopped her car in the middle of the road to what? talk to me? tell me to get in? Hell... it was too long ago to remember! When I was hit, I was less than 1/2 block from my house.

I agree that today's world is a hell of a lot worse than anything we grew up in... we had a lot more freedom and were allowed to grow up in our own way, for the most part... a lot more than anyone today. The only thing I really had to worry about once I hit my teens was my Mom on the CB radio to everyone who had one in town. Between those who knew her, and those who knew my grandmother, I didn't dare step out of line, knowing it *would* get back to them!

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Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead in a car accident [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jun 4 OP

I don't agree with the charges. My son walked two blocks to and from elementary school by himself starting in 1976. sinkingfeeling Jun 4 #1

We need a list of the law schools that graduated all these jerk DAs dickthegrouch Jun 4 #2

Is this an example J-9 Jun 4 #3

10-yr-old and a 7-yr-old walking home alone together; this was considered normal when I was growing up in the 1980's Justice Brandeis Jun 4 #4

It was normal back in the 60's and 70's, too... slightlv Jun 4 #14

Just looking for someone to blame The Madcap Jun 4 #5

Seriously? I walked to kindergarten alone when I was 5. Ocelot II Jun 4 #6

Bullshit. Basso8vb Jun 4 #7

The criminals here... Mike Nelson Jun 4 #8

Oh good grief! piddyprints Jun 4 #9

If the kid had been killed by a loaded gun that was lying around the house..... 70sEraVet Jun 4 #10

So the parents go to jail; what happens to the little boy who tried to save his brother? Ocelot II Jun 4 #12

Biracial couple white mother black father kimbutgar Jun 4 #11

Gastonia is not a small rural town. It is a city right outside Charlotte on Interstate 85 and state hwy 321 ms liberty Jun 4 #13

Oh please Jilly_in_VA Jun 5 #15

Maybe you shouldn't jump to conclusions before you post. And reading the whole post is always a good idea, too ms liberty Jun 5 #16

I did read your whole post Jilly_in_VA Jun 5 #17

Why the fuck isn't the driver facing any charges? intheflow Jun 5 #18

The kid is mixed race Jilly_in_VA Jun 5 #19

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