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I think it's not just about the long break, but also this mean you end the school day at a more reasonable time. I think school would end at 3PM.. when all norm

I think it's not just about the long break, but also this mean you end the school day at a more reasonable time. I think school would end at 3PM.. when all normal people are still at work. I remember my school had some afterschool playground area where we're run around and kill time till our parents could arrive. Having the same break during the day would have probably been nicer mentally (and I'm guessing the teachers would move lesson planning and grading to that extra hour after lunch)

stevekemp 3y ago
Here in Finland the school finishes in the early afternoon, but we kinda trust the children to play outdoors, or walk back home when they've had enough. Our child, seven, only really received a mobile phone this year because he's walking to school and back by himself as is common here. But he'll phone to say "I'm going home [alone]", "I'm going to play with friend X", or "I'm bringing friend X home with me". (The children start school at 7, before then there is pre-school, and before that daycare. Around 7 the kids start making their own way to school and back - sometimes walking, sometimes cycling, and sometimes taking a bus/tram.)
jajko 3y ago
You couldn't go home on your own? I was doing that since first grade. Selecting accommodation location to match that was quite important, schools would take local kids as priority. Remote folks took a bus on their own. Learning to cross busy roads from very young age. I think we go somehow more retarded as society and got properly scared with pedophiles and kidnappings (maybe compensating subconsciously for lack of time dedicated to kids). The worst thing is, this helicopter parenting seriously harms kids development and resiliency.
- contrarian1234 3y ago
  It was the early 2000s in San Francisco. I started going back home on my own in middle school and the other parents where slightly horrified. Some of it is paranoia, some of it is that public spaces feel less .. friendly? ... with more and more mentally ill people in public. It's mostly safe, but it feels not great.. I grew up in the Castro and I definitely had a few incidents of old men following me on public transit - but nothing too serious or where I actually was afraid for my safety. I think that's just something you can shrug off and a normal part of life - but in the modern climate that's "stranger danger" and the pedophiles are gunna kidnap you
watwut 3y ago
Afaik, high schools in France end pretty late. They get long break, but they dont get free afternoon.

stevekemp 3y ago

Here in Finland the school finishes in the early afternoon, but we kinda trust the children to play outdoors, or walk back home when they've had enough. Our child, seven, only really received a mobile phone this year because he's walking to school and back by himself as is common here. But he'll phone to say "I'm going home [alone]", "I'm going to play with friend X", or "I'm bringing friend X home with me". (The children start school at 7, before then there is pre-school, and before that daycare. Around 7 the kids start making their own way to school and back - sometimes walking, sometimes cycling, and sometimes taking a bus/tram.)

jajko 3y ago

You couldn't go home on your own? I was doing that since first grade. Selecting accommodation location to match that was quite important, schools would take local kids as priority. Remote folks took a bus on their own. Learning to cross busy roads from very young age. I think we go somehow more retarded as society and got properly scared with pedophiles and kidnappings (maybe compensating subconsciously for lack of time dedicated to kids). The worst thing is, this helicopter parenting seriously harms kids development and resiliency.

contrarian1234 3y ago
It was the early 2000s in San Francisco. I started going back home on my own in middle school and the other parents where slightly horrified. Some of it is paranoia, some of it is that public spaces feel less .. friendly? ... with more and more mentally ill people in public. It's mostly safe, but it feels not great.. I grew up in the Castro and I definitely had a few incidents of old men following me on public transit - but nothing too serious or where I actually was afraid for my safety. I think that's just something you can shrug off and a normal part of life - but in the modern climate that's "stranger danger" and the pedophiles are gunna kidnap you

watwut 3y ago

Afaik, high schools in France end pretty late. They get long break, but they dont get free afternoon.