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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This does seem exaggerated. But keep in mind a lot of the cultures where kids running errands, walking to school without adults, etc. is the norm, actually have a lot of collective adult supervision for the kids. I read a book about parenting in Germany where the American expat mom is horrified that 6-year-olds walk or bike to school but the reality is there are parents chaperoning from their porches the whole way there, and the kids are all in a group. Maybe it was something like that. [/quote]

In my NZ childhood there was no neighborhood chaperoning. Things were just different back then. The only incident I had was encountering a roaming dog that scared me. My parents addressed that problem by getting us a dog.

My sister's kids were raised more recently in NZ. We were going to be late to pick up so she told them to just go to the neighboring playground for half an hour and wait for us. My kids' school in the DMV wouldn't have released my kids without an adult present.[/quote]

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