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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jul 28

    Statistical illiteracy + the norm that mothers should be relentless parenting machines have led to absurd and cruel arrests of moms who don’t surveil their kids 24/7.https://nyti.ms/2mNQ2Up 

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      2. Oklahoma Geek‏ @AnOkGeek Jul 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        Every mom where I'd lived in the early 80s would have been arrested under these rules.

        1 reply 1 retweet 78 likes
      3. Jay Berg [not giving away USD]‏ @jaybny Jul 28
        Replying to @AnOkGeek @sapinker

        that's why Gen-x is the best!

        0 replies 0 retweets 36 likes
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      2. Darwin's Money‏ @EverydayFinance Jul 28
        Replying to @sapinker @primalpoly

        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.

        1 reply 0 retweets 23 likes
      3. Dawn  🇨🇭‏ @AnbruchsLicht Jul 28
        Replying to @EverydayFinance @sapinker @primalpoly

        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.

        3 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      4. Darwin's Money‏ @EverydayFinance Jul 28
        Replying to @AnbruchsLicht @sapinker @primalpoly

        As much as people mock millennials and younger people for their behaviors, it’s the parenting.

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      5. Dawn  🇨🇭‏ @AnbruchsLicht Jul 28
        Replying to @EverydayFinance @sapinker @primalpoly

        Totally agree.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Bananawatermelon‏ @Bananaaquamelon Jul 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        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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      2. Gabriela Pruneda‏ @GabyPruneda Jul 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        I grew up a #latchkey kid and made it through, bumps and bruises of my freedom in youth as proof of #childhood #resilience

        1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
      3. (((Ms. Tracy)))‏ @tont150 Jul 29
        Replying to @GabyPruneda @sapinker

        We're too busy embracing victim identities these days and truly failing our youth by overprotecting them and failing to teach them resilience. It plays into creating a society that has an unhealthy reliance on the state to provide all needs.

        0 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
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      2. Jackson Barringer‏ @JacksonBarring7 Jul 28
        Replying to @sapinker @JonHaidt

        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.

        3 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
      3. georgina‏ @EsTodoFree Jul 28
        Replying to @JacksonBarring7 @sapinker @JonHaidt

        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.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
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      1. a soft fuzzy man, an ambient man‏ @trick_mirror Jul 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        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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      2. randytoad‏ @randytoad Jul 28
        Replying to @sapinker @DJGrothe

        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.

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      3. Jonathan Silber‏ @JonathanRSilber Jul 29
        Replying to @randytoad @sapinker @DJGrothe

        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.

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      2. Mandy‏ @mandylaspeak Jul 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        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.

        5 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Rich‏ @NumberRich3 Jul 29
        Replying to @mandylaspeak @sapinker

        Risk is something to be measured and considered; not avoided completely. Even kids are human beings that crave some freedom.

        0 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
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      2. QuirkySquark ⚡️‏ @QuirkySquark Jul 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        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.

        1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
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      2. Kristina Pearson‏ @Krisbike4life Jul 28
        Replying to @sapinker

        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...

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. Kristina Pearson‏ @Krisbike4life Jul 28
        Replying to @Krisbike4life @sapinker

        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.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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