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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]42 and no this was not normal for everyone.[/quote]

NP, I am 41 and walked home by myself.  I don't ever remember a parent coming to a bus stop ever besides the first day of school.  I also played outside all day long.  We lived in a cup-de-sac so most of the kids came up playing our way but they were from at least a block or more around and it was kids of all ages.  And there was NEVER a parent outside.  The moms were all inside prepping for dinner and watching their soap operas.  :D  We also never had homework until about 3rd grade but even then, it was done at night.  There was serious playing to be done after school

In the summer time, we ate dinner so fast so we could get back outside.  Once you were allowed to stay outside after dark there were games of jailbreak, kick the can, etc..  We wore a watch and were told when we would need to be home.  Great life and sad my kids don't have the same kind of neighborhood.  If there are 3 kids outside playing on a weekend, that is considered active.

I am a girl scout leader and every time I bring out an "old-school" game the kids love it.  If we could only keep them away from the electronics and kick them outside all at once. [/quote]

The 42 year old here.  Yes, this sounds like my childhood too.  What I was referring to as not the norm were some of the more extreme examples of children [b]Barely past toddlerhood[/b] being able to roam around unaccompanied wherever they want. [/quote]

A 6yo is not "barely past toddlerhood."[/quote]

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