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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Downtown Silver Spring has some very busy streets, and a few pedestrian fatalities in the past few years.   Sometimes kids don't pay enough attention or take stupid risks because they don't truly understand they could get hit by a car or whatever.   A good number of adults and teens run across Colesville, Georgia, etc.  against the light.  If you're not paying attention, that serves as a cue that it's your turn to cross too.  [/quote]

I was going to say something similar.  Lots of people are running with this story saying "but I let my kids go to the park all the time and it's fine."  If you're not familiar with this particular area, it doesn't mean much.  There really are some awful intersections and it's not an overblown fear of child abduction that has some people saying it's not wise to let these kids wander this particular area unsupervised.   I have no opinion as to whether CPS has overstepped the line, but can we stop pretending that this is just big government vs. sensible parents.  There are legitimate threats to a child's safety in that area and pretending that this is just a case of nosy neighbors turning in parents who let their kids go to the park unsupervised misses the point.  If we didn't have so many danagerous drivers in the area maybe these kids could have more freedom.  But welcome to Silver Spring...[/quote]

Agreed. There is no way in hell I would let my 10 year old and 6 year old do that walk. [/quote]

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