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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 10 y.o. DD rides by herself in Montgomery County. Never any issues and it has given her a lot of confidence. To the people worried about harassment, I have ridden the short route with her to school enough times to know it is unlikely to be an issue on that bus. If it was a longer bus ride, through rougher areas of DC, and at different hours, I would wait a few years.

On the other hand, I rode alone when I was 10 and encountered some drunks and perverts. And while I do wish that my parents had taught me to be more assertive, and that more of these guys, especially those who target underage kids, go to jail and psych treatment, I also would not want to raise the kind of kid to whom some idiot getting fresh or exposing himself is this huge traumatic event. Life is full of unpleasant things, and rather than try to shelter my kid from all of them, I would want her to learn to handle them by the time she is grown.[/quote]

I was thinking more of the guy who stuck his finger in my vagina, but get down with your bad self.  [/quote]

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