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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am 30 and starting in 1st grade I walked to school, walked home for lunch and back to school, and then walked home again at the end of the day. starting in 3rd grade you had to do a bike safety thing and pass to be able to ride your bike to school. Safe, high SES neighborhood. I think maybe in 1/2 day kindergarden my mom walked me with my younger brother in a stroller, or maybe drove me, I don't remember. [/quote]

Out of curiosity what part of the country was this and are they still doing it that way?  It sounds nice.[/quote]

suburb of Chicago...it was a really great way to grow up. starting in 5th grade the kids in my class would all meet up (on foot or bike) around lunch time every Saturday in the little down town area and then be out and about all day and just knew to be home for dinner. From what i can tell this still happens but the town has significantly fewer SAHMs than when i was growing up so I think parents are a little more protective, don't know the other kids & their parents as well, and do more driving. (Just guessing, but I assume knowing there's a SAHM mom at nearly every house makes parents feel a bit more comfortable letting kids roam free from the hours of 3-6 after school). My dad says that the only families he knows moving into the town now are dual-income high earners. [/quote]

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