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[quote=Anonymous]Born in 1970, grew up in DC. It really was just 'normal' and no one questioned that was normal that even early elementary kids played outside and wandered the neighborhood until dinner time, walked to school alone, came home alone after school (latch key) etc. The norm has changed. I think the shift started when there were some really high profile child abductions (like Adam Walsh) and there was a string of child murders in Georgia etc which changed the perceived risks and started a big national conversation (what evolved to stranger danger etc). By the time my brother - six years younger - was going through school, many fewer latch key kids.[/quote]
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