I live in a small town in Canada, it's extremely common to see 5 to 10 year olds riding toboggans downhill to school every day. The ones who live downhill from

I live in a small town in Canada, it's extremely common to see 5 to 10 year olds riding toboggans downhill to school every day. The ones who live downhill from school walk up in the morning carrying their tobaggans, and then ride them home at the end of the day. Also at our local ski hill, once kids are old enough to ski, it's perfectly normal for them to ski "alone" - they just ask any random adult to help them onto the chairlift. Getting off is no problem. The parents ski where they want, or have a coffee in the main building while the kids are out doing that. It's extremely common to see packs of 5 to 10 year olds skiing around without any adults. Everyone loves it that way, and nobody wants it to change.