How much freedom?

[Jolly]

https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/03/why-are-cops-still-arresting-parents-who-let-their-kids-roam/

[89th]

I'd argue unsupervised time on the internet is FAR more risky for a 10 year old than walking a mile to the store... in a town of 370 people, where you live on 16 acres. Crazy. And yes... this is where we normally would insert "when I was a kid..."

Speaking of which, it was much more dangerous to be a kid in the 70s and 80s... higher murders, kidnapping, etc.

Speaking of kidnapping, did you know only 105 kids are kidnapped every year? You are 5x more likely to have a cojoined twin. It's a one in a million chance. One in a MILLION.

Let kids be kids.

[Mik]

Dennis Leary tells it like it is. Great starts at 55 seconds.

Link to video

[Doctor Phibes]

@89th said in How much freedom?:

Speaking of which, it was much more dangerous to be a kid in the 70s and 80s... higher murders, kidnapping, etc.

Speaking of kidnapping, did you know only 105 kids are kidnapped every year?

So, essentially you're saying the current practice is working

[xenon]

10 year old walked a mile away from home and parents got arrested? There has to be more to it.

When my kid was 6, I’d let him walk half a mile to school himself. Getting arrested for that never even entered my mind.

[jon-nyc]

When the boy was 10, I let him walk to the store with a 10€ note in his pocket to buy a snack. In Vienna. Our second day there.

I handed him the keys to the Airbnb and let him figure out which to use on which lock. No cell phone.

[89th]

@Mik

..."more food for the rest of the kids"

..."too dumb to duck"

these are great