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Misquote my posts if you like, but in the meantime, I said "out there" without adult supervision. As in, *Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring.* I myself walked to kindergarten alone for 9/10ths of a mile every day, but the street was not *Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring.*[/quote]

Oh, *Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring*? You mean the intersection with pedestrian signals, wide marked crosswalks, lots and lots of pedestrians, and a 25 mph (or 30, I don't remember) speed limit?[/quote]

My kids (age 10 & 12) routinely walk to places along busy Wilson Blvd. in the Clarendon area.  Pretty much equivalent to that downtown Silver Spring area.  I'm MORE comfortable with them there because it is well traveled with signals and good crosswalks.  They also walk around our neighborhood and I remind them a lot more about being cautious there since it seems drivers are less consistent about stopping at neighborhood stop signs and they are much more likely to be approached by a creep in a car on a quiet, isolated neighborhood street than on busy Wilson Blvd.  But, I still let them do it because it's important to learn to navigate the world and allowing that independence, with plenty of training to get to this point, builds their confidence in their own abilities.[/quote]

Clarendon = Silver Spring. Thanks for the laugh![/quote]

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