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New PP who works in downtown SS and lived here previously. I would not worry about muggings. I would worry--a lot--about traffic in this area. To say drivers are inconsiderate is putting it mildly. I'd be afraid they would not even see that 6-year-old.

I don't think the law should have gotten involved. I do think the parents are dumb to have let them navigate these particular streets. And I get really, really irritated when this story is reprinted elsewhere accompanied by a stock photo of a kid with his backpack, strolling down a sylvan pathway free of cars. That's not the terrain these kids were on.[/quote]

No, the terrain the kids were on is a terrain that literally thousands and [b]thousands of people[/b] traverse on foot every single day without incident.

Downtown Silver Spring is certainly not as pedestrian-friendly as I would like. But it's not the Beltway, either. And the parents know their own kids better than you or I do.[/quote]

People. Not kids. I have 40 years of navigating urban traffic on the 10-year-old. He may be the most mature child in the country, but he does not have the experience to read drivers in an area that is that traffic-heavy. I won't even discuss how wrong it is that the 6-year-old is out there without adult supervision. Not a CPS situation, but I won't budge in my opinion that these parents are idiots.[/quote]

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And I am way over people saying that the parents know the kids better than anyone else. Hello -- a dumbass with a kid is still a dumbass. Granted, these parents do not seem malicious in any way, just bull-headed. I cannot imagine picking this as the hill to die on. Really -- it's so important to you that your kids be allowed to walk unsupervised  down GA that you risk further involvement with legal authorities including CPS. You are one stubborn and foolish M***f***[/quote]

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