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For a ten year old, all of those things can be done in a city FAR, FAR easier in a city than in a rural area. Even exploring the woods, in many cities, can be d

For a ten year old, all of those things can be done in a city FAR, FAR easier in a city than in a rural area. Even exploring the woods, in many cities, can be done by a ten year old with a commuter rail train pass and a bike. Parents in cities have been arrested for letting their 10 year old kids play in the public manicured park unsupervised. Google "Free Range Parenting" as a city thing. There is no way to compare the independence and freedom to play and roam of a country kid with a city kid. We moved to the country precisely because we felt is would have been ludicrously dangerous to let our 8 year old wander the streets of Philadelphia unsupervised. There was no chance in hell we would allow her to hop on an Amtrek to go hunting for frogs in some creek.

thwayunion 4y ago
> Parents in cities have been arrested for letting their 10 year old kids play in the public manicured park unsupervised. Google "Free Range Parenting" as a city thing. Okay. I googled it. I'm seeing articles about parents being arrested for this sort of thing in places like Blairsville, Georgia (pop. 526) and Killingly, Connecticut. Not exactly massive cities... If cities arrested kids for waling or biking or being on the subway alone, no one would be able to make it to school in the morning.
- uberman 4y ago
  That surprises me because the poster case for free range parenting arrests is a family from Silver Springs MD, about 2 miles north of Washington DC. The second most notorious example being from Wilmette Illinois about 15 north of downtown Chicago and both well inside the accepted definitions of their respective metros. The third most infamous case is a mother from NYC. I guess your browser must be tuned into small town crime. https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/living/feat-maryland-free-range-parenting-family-under-investigation-again/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/living/feat-maryland-free-ran... https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2018/09/05/mom-parenting-police-free-range-neglect-children-column/1156144002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2018/09/05/mom... https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/01/16/i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-the-subway-alone-i-got-labeled-the-worlds-worst-mom/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/01/16/... Here is a counter arguments against your school point: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/single-dad-barred-from-sending-kids-to-school-on-city-bus-1.3577295 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/single-dad-barred-from-sending...

thwayunion 4y ago

> Parents in cities have been arrested for letting their 10 year old kids play in the public manicured park unsupervised. Google "Free Range Parenting" as a city thing. Okay. I googled it. I'm seeing articles about parents being arrested for this sort of thing in places like Blairsville, Georgia (pop. 526) and Killingly, Connecticut. Not exactly massive cities... If cities arrested kids for waling or biking or being on the subway alone, no one would be able to make it to school in the morning.

uberman 4y ago
That surprises me because the poster case for free range parenting arrests is a family from Silver Springs MD, about 2 miles north of Washington DC. The second most notorious example being from Wilmette Illinois about 15 north of downtown Chicago and both well inside the accepted definitions of their respective metros. The third most infamous case is a mother from NYC. I guess your browser must be tuned into small town crime. https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/living/feat-maryland-free-range-parenting-family-under-investigation-again/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/living/feat-maryland-free-ran... https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2018/09/05/mom-parenting-police-free-range-neglect-children-column/1156144002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2018/09/05/mom... https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/01/16/i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-the-subway-alone-i-got-labeled-the-worlds-worst-mom/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/01/16/... Here is a counter arguments against your school point: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/single-dad-barred-from-sending-kids-to-school-on-city-bus-1.3577295 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/single-dad-barred-from-sending...