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Originally Posted by TerminatorX5
when I was 9 I rode public transportation ALONE across the city (relatively big city, over 1 mln people) to get to school...
My kid at 9 - I drive him around, and he doesn't stay home without an adult... times have changed...
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My children went to school alone at age 9, in a South American country, speaking limited Spanish, which wasn't their native tongue. They did the same three years later in the UK. They rode public transit. And they learned self reliance and independence. They are in their early twenties now, so not so long ago.
Yes times have changed, but not as much as we make out. I think the culture of fear has something to do with that. We can reject it.
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