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I grew up in the '90s, and I would ride my bike to the corner store or the playground by myself all the time by the time I was eight or so. Of course we lived in a very small town where everyone knew everyone so I think people were more trusting there.
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Despite what some people tend to think, kids still do walk to school and back. Enough so that all the schools my own daughter has gone to have specific times and doors that walkers are supposed to use to leave, so they aren't in the way of the buses or the cars picking kids up.
But my objection wasn't to the kids walking someplace alone. It was specifically the beach, which is not safe for little kids without supervision, even if you don't count the danger of abduction. And the fact that they were being allowed to be away from home without supervision for several hours, and didn't have a firm time when they were supposed to come home, is also worrisome.
But my objection wasn't to the kids walking someplace alone. It was specifically the beach, which is not safe for little kids without supervision, even if you don't count the danger of abduction. And the fact that they were being allowed to be away from home without supervision for several hours, and didn't have a firm time when they were supposed to come home, is also worrisome.
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