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Where I live they are dismissed on their own as young as 8, and so long as they have a safe way home then a couple hours alone isn't going to hurt. There are e
by creaturemachine 9d ago
Where I live they are dismissed on their own as young as 8, and so long as they have a safe way home then a couple hours alone isn't going to hurt. There are enough electronic distractions at home now that they won't turn to delinquency.
15 is bonkers. There should be no need to keep your teenager on-leash for that long.
- purpleflame1257 9d agoIf I might ask, where do you live? In America a woman was arrested for letting her child walk in her own neighborhood. https://people.com/va-mom-convicted-for-letting-5-year-old-walk-alone-to-pond-plans-to-appeal-12111373 https://people.com/va-mom-convicted-for-letting-5-year-old-w...
- creaturemachine 9d agoCanada. No gated suburb necessary, just a walkable neighbourhood.
- TheCoelacanth 8d agoThat's extreme and unusual prosecutorial overreach to the point that it's making national news. It's also unlikely that she will be convicted since VA passed a law in 2023 that makes it explicit that parents are allowed to let their children go places alone.