I walked this distance every day to school as a second grader and so did many other second graders. I crossed major roads, though there were crossing guards at

I walked this distance every day to school as a second grader and so did many other second graders. I crossed major roads, though there were crossing guards at some but not all intersections. This was 30 years ago. Today I spend time in Poland. It is normal for elementary children to walk to school or play in parks unsupervised in major cities. Even Texas seems to have lost it. What a sad and sorry state of things.