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I live along U Street, so I only let my children walk where I can see them. They have a friend at the end of the block and another right across the street. I'm never far away from them while they do this.

There's a corner store barely three blocks away and it's my dream that a DC will be able to walk over and buy a loaf of bread by themselves at some point. But, not any time soon. They are in 1st. By the time they are in 3rd, I should be cool with it. There are two busy-ish (no light) streets they need to cross. That's the issue, not the urban environment. Same with walking to school. There's a very large, busy street on the way to school that stops me from allowing them to go independently. Because they are such a known entity in the neighborhood, I think they'd have a lot of oversight on the way to school. But, that street is a huge obstacle for me.

Every once in a while, we practice by having them hold hands and pretend they're walking by themselves. I break the illusion and hold their hands while crossing that street, but we fall back into pretending once we've passed it.
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