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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hasn’t changed here.  I don’t let my kids walk as we know several kids hit and severely injured and two died from cars. [/quote]

So you think that not allowing your tween to walk on sidewalks on a residential road, without a parent, will protect them?  Don't you want them to learn some awareness of pedestrian safety in the lowest risk way possible- walking on a sidewalk, followed by crossing at an intersection with both a walk sign AND an adult crossing guard?  My kid is perfectly aware now, at age 11, that cars will sometimes rush through that right turn on red even when the walk sign is up and a "NO TURN ON RED" sign is in their face, and to always check the turn lane before crossing.  And it's lower risk than it will be when he's older because now, in elementary, a crossing guard is right there and she will whistle and hold out her arms and not let the kids start to cross if she sees a car trying to sneak through a light that just turned red.

Imagine if your kid hadn't been in these situations and then suddenly, at 18, has free reign to wander around with airpods in and assumes that when that walk sign turns on, he's free to stroll out into the road without looking.

Don't do them a disservice by not teaching them this stuff!  And you teach them by letting them do it, in a controlled way![/quote]

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