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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6 is way too young to be without adult supervision. [/quote]

Maybe for some kids, or even a lot of kids, but definitely not every kid. [/quote]

No, for every kid. The end.[/quote]

Six-year-olds used to be capable of being out without adult supervision. Six-year-olds in other countries to this day are capable of being out without adult supervision. Do middle-class people in the US just have particularly incompetent six-year-olds, these days?[/quote]

When were six-year-olds commonly walking around without adult supervision? Be specific.[/quote]

In the late 1960s and early 1970s (my experience and my partner's experience). Also in the late 1930s (my parents' experience). Is that specific enough?[/quote]

No, it's not. In those days, kids moved in packs, did they not? They weren't in pairs in urban settings. Even back in the 1930s or 1960s a 6 yo wandering around alone or with just a slightly older sibling would attract attention. You're romanticizing something that isn't there.

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I am baffled by this. How did the packs form? Did all of the children in these packs live in the same house? At some point, didn't individual children have to go somewhere by themselves to get to where the other children were?

I just don't get people who say "no one ever did this." Maybe YOU didn't, but there are literally millions of kids born in this country every year....maybe some of them had a slightly different experience? 
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