Every mom where I'd lived in the early 80s would have been arrested under these rules.
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that's why Gen-x is the best!
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We lost a friend because a mother was livid that my wife let our 5th graders play in the woods behind our house unsupervised. No injury, no problems, the mom was just upset. She literally said my wife is not fit to be a parent over this. Absurd.
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I was allowed to play in the creek behind my house all day completely unsupervised until dinner. I was walking to school by myself in the first grade and up to a mile away. Nowadays children in some places quite literally can't walk three doors down from the bus stop w/o adult.
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As much as people mock millennials and younger people for their behaviors, it’s the parenting.
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When I was a kid our punishment for misbehaving in a restaurant was to go wait in the car until everyone else was done
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I grew up in the 90s. From the time I was about 6 or 7, I would leave the house on my bike; I had to call whenever I went to someone's house to check in, and I had to head home when the street lights turned on. Crazy to think parents today, would get arrested for allowing that.
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I’m lucky to still live in a town where kids are given independence. By age 9 or 10 many go to school on their own, cycle with their friends or go to each other’s houses, and many do short grocery shopping trips alone. I cannot fathom parenting in such a helicopter way.
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my first experience with cops was my dad being arrested for letting me wait in a grocery store parking lot for about ten minutes. haven't forgotten that.
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God I’m glad I grew up when I did (50s and 60s). My fondest memories as a child was messing around by myself or with my buddies. I can’t imagine what it must be like to always be under the direct supervision of your parents.
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Likewise: As a kid, I spent summers knocking about with buddies morning til night, under the notice of Mom only on returning home just long enough to grab a bite to eat, and then back out the door.
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So because it's statistically less probable than other risks it's not worth protecting them against? I don't think we all got this far with mother's thinking that way. Pretty sure they took every risk seriously. If there's something I can do I do it.
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Risk is something to be measured and considered; not avoided completely. Even kids are human beings that crave some freedom.
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You should see how odd some rules are in the fostering/adoption world. Well intentioned but common sense is at times left behind. Natural parents have it easier in that sense.
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The fun thing about this is the risk analysis... driving your kid to the store is actually more dangerous then leaving them in the car alone for 5 minutes on a cool day... & walking them through a parking lot carries a higher risk of backover death...
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But ya... leaving your kid in the car is ‘lazy’. Driving would also be considered lazy... after all taking the bus is about 24 time safer, it’s not about risk at all.
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