Quote:
Originally Posted by Rochard
Even at age ten we didn't let our kid out alone. We walked her to and from school - it was only two blocks away - and then after hours any time they wanted to play outside us parents would all hang out and talk while we watched the kids.
It's just like that one girl that was kidnapped from the street while her parents watched ( Kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) - No fucking way that's going to happen to my kid. |
How do you expect your kid to grow up and function as a young adult, if you plan to hold their hand at every step. I was riding my bike to school everyday by grade 5 & 6 which is roughly what a 10yo would be. It wasn't a short distance either, it was a few miles and it's not like I was alone. A very large precentage of my school back then rode bikes or walked to school. It was normal and not a single kid at my school was ever hit by a car or kidnapped.
This is why kids go up today not being capable of making good decisions or have behavuear problems, because parents today are over protective.