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> Letting a 7 year old walk themselves to school is no longer okay, for example. This is the worst. Kids need to accrue independent skills early or you wind up
by edraferi 9y ago
> Letting a 7 year old walk themselves to school is no longer okay, for example.
This is the worst. Kids need to accrue independent skills early or you wind up with pathetically helpless college students. Self-sufficient kids is the whole point of parenting.
- lordCarbonFiber 9y agoIn the US at least, there are very few places where a 7 year old could walk to school. The town I grew up in the elementary school was ~20 minutes away by car for example. "Kids these days" as a whole tend to be more self sufficient (as a result of more dual working households etc); not less.