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snot

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3. When I was no more than 5,

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Sun Aug 3, 2025, 05:32 PM

Aug 3

my 2.5-yr.-old sister and I played unsupervised in a rock-strewn lot bordered on two sides by streets, and I was supposed to be taking care of her. By age 8 I was expected to bike-ride alone several miles if I wanted to visit a friend.

What makes it al the more significant is that last I checked, crime rates now are lower than they were when I was a kid.

Parents just hear about more crime now because our immersion in the 'net exposes us to more clickable news and effectively shrunk the world (c.f. Marshall McLuhan's "global village" ).

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Parents In Other Countries Do This 1 Thing -- And American Kids Might Be Missing Out. [View all] Jilly_in_VA Aug 3 OP

Parents sit in the car with their kids at the end of a doc03 Aug 3 #1

My dad use to send me into the corner Captain Zero Aug 3 #2

When I was no more than 5, snot Aug 3 #3

both parents ARRESTED (felony endangerment/ neglect?) stopdiggin Aug 3 #4

I walked to school alone at 5 Jilly_in_VA Aug 3 #5