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[quote=Anonymous]I have a confident 13 year old who can navigate our neighborhood on foot, by metro, or by bus.

Here's what I taught him.

At 4, he learned our phone numbers and what to do if he got lost in a crowd.

At 5, we practiced looking both ways before crossing the street. At 6, crossing our neighborhood street.

At 7, making eye contact and a little wave before crossing streets in front of school. Small cash transactions in the neighborhood store.

At 8, walking the 2 blocks from the bus stop to school, graduating to the point where he would get off the bus and I'd stay on to my destination.

At 9, solo bus ride to school.

10 and 11 were his pandemic years. He learned how to cross busy streets with traffic lights to go see friends in the neighborhood.

At 12, metro.

Tips we are learning now -- keep your head out of your phone when you are walking around.

I have had TONS of conversations with my kid about traffic safety. I have not one time considered how to prepare him for an imagined random stranger who will push him into train tracks. 
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