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The interesting thing is that in places like the Brownsville Projects in Brooklyn, which is no where near suburban, I regularly see children playing unattended.

by codyb 10y ago

The interesting thing is that in places like the Brownsville Projects in Brooklyn, which is no where near suburban, I regularly see children playing unattended. Do I think some aspects of the parenting some of those children receive might potentially deserve some examination? Quite possibly. Is it this aspect? Not as much.

galdosdi 10y ago
See my post above... I feel there is less of a culture of giving a damn what other people are doing and more of a culture of just letting them go about their business in NYC than more suburban areas. Children growing up in many neighborhoods in NYC seem more autonomous. Of course, that's technology too -- they have access to public transit and a dense bikable/walkable environment, while suburban kids are stuck living with outdated misplanned car-centric infrastructure and basically live like prisoners reliant on their parents to ferry them everywhere until they turn 16, or even much later depending on their access to driver's education. Just one example, I'm sure there's suburbs in the US where CPS would be called if someone was biking around with their child in the back of the bike [1] but that's perfectly commonplace and OK in NYC. [1] Here's an example of something just as bad if not worse (and doubly tragic) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/raquel-nelson-jail-for-jaywalking_b_905925.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/raquel-nelson-jai...
- codyb 10y ago
  Maybe it's also the effect the multitudes. Like that famous story of the woman stabbed to death outside the apartment building and no one calls 9/11 because everyone assumes someone else will do it. Also in Bushwick my neighbors were very vigilant over their children, but they also knew all their neighbors as well. It's nice when the community is actually a community.

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The interesting thing is that in places like the Brownsville Projects in Brooklyn, which is no where near suburban, I regularly see children playing unattended.

by codyb 10y ago

galdosdi 10y ago
See my post above... I feel there is less of a culture of giving a damn what other people are doing and more of a culture of just letting them go about their business in NYC than more suburban areas. Children growing up in many neighborhoods in NYC seem more autonomous. Of course, that's technology too -- they have access to public transit and a dense bikable/walkable environment, while suburban kids are stuck living with outdated misplanned car-centric infrastructure and basically live like prisoners reliant on their parents to ferry them everywhere until they turn 16, or even much later depending on their access to driver's education. Just one example, I'm sure there's suburbs in the US where CPS would be called if someone was biking around with their child in the back of the bike [1] but that's perfectly commonplace and OK in NYC. [1] Here's an example of something just as bad if not worse (and doubly tragic) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/raquel-nelson-jail-for-jaywalking_b_905925.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/raquel-nelson-jai...
- codyb 10y ago
  Maybe it's also the effect the multitudes. Like that famous story of the woman stabbed to death outside the apartment building and no one calls 9/11 because everyone assumes someone else will do it. Also in Bushwick my neighbors were very vigilant over their children, but they also knew all their neighbors as well. It's nice when the community is actually a community.