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Nine is widely considered too young to stay home alone, let alone wander the world alone.
by ip26 3y ago
Nine is widely considered too young to stay home alone, let alone wander the world alone.
- LocalH 3y agoThis is a modern invention. Kids of that age routinely explored the world on their own in the before time. Then social media happened, and everyone thinks that everyone else is a risk. Everyone thinks they're doing good when they call the cops upon seeing a child by themselves.
- M95D 3y agoI went to kindergarten alone every day at age 6. Almost everybody on my street did that. It was a 1 km walk. At age 7 I walked every day alone to school 2 km away and I remember it took exactly 25 minutes.
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoI walked to school by myself starting at age 6. Everybody I knew did. Is the world more dangerous now than it was in the 1960s?