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Certainly WAP, but I find the story of the Maryland parents under investigation for letting their children walk home from the park alone fascinating -- (link)

Posted by con_carne Jan 23 '15, 07:30

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Crime is way down across the country compared to when we were kids. Yet it seems news media has parents scared into helicopter parenting (www.washingtonpost.com)

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I see kids of like 7 or so (I didn't ask) walking home from school all the time in my neighbourhood, and we're what's considered "inner city". -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 07:35 1
- I do too, but I wonder what the difference there is. - con_carne Jan 23, 07:46

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