• Evotech@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Lmao. Less than 1 mile? I walked twice that every day to school since I was 7

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      When I had my small children this summer they were freaking out that it was a 1.2 mile hike to the creek. FFS, we started elementary gym class with a mile run, every, single day.

      Don’t know where I’m going with this. Must be an old man, “Everyone’s a pussy now days”.

    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Same(ish). Half mile walk to and from school every morning. I was in kindergarten. I was escorted a few times to teach me the route. By 5th grade I was occasionally riding bike or walking 3 miles across town.

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      Yo I might not be old enough to say this but it was like 5 miles for me who lived out in the country and uphill both fucking ways!

      This is a serious affront to freedom.

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      My parents brag about how they had no car seats and THEY survived. So I guess I should have listened to my dad’s impatience and not put it in the car before going somewhere with our newborn?

    • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubOP
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      2 days ago

      Yes but it’s not like your parents had no idea where you were and took no action to find you. This is textbook neglect, not intentional parenting.

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        18 hours ago

        From school close to when the street lights came on my parents had zero idea where I was.

        I was usually within 20km of home on my bike. Usually.

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        2 days ago

        I remember biking all over as a kid. I didn’t tell my parents where I was going. Might head off into the bluffs or to the shopping center or to a friend’s house or to a convenience store or along some bike trails. I sure went further than a mile.

        And we didn’t have cell phones or whatever back then either.

        I don’t feel that I was neglected.

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        It is not. Why would you need to track your almost-teen 24/7? It wouldn’t be child neglect even if the kid was 6. They’re more than old enough to go on spontaneous exploring.