I know a lot of parents in the US who would like for their kids to go out and play, and go places on their own. What prevents them: - Stories of overzealous Ch

I know a lot of parents in the US who would like for their kids to go out and play, and go places on their own. What prevents them: - Stories of overzealous Child Protection Services agents, child neglect and abuse laws being used to punish parents. - Stories of neighbors, teachers, and other overly concerned people, sometimes with malicious intent calling CPS. - Stories of lawsuits because children trespassed, caused noise in the neighborhood. - Stories of child rapists and serial murderers. When you live in an litigious, social-media and 24-hour news addicted society, some of the side-effects are ugly. Even if a parent wants to raise their children like "when I grew up", it is very difficult not to get either swept up or cut out.