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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lordy people.  How did you all survive childhood?  In the 80's kids as young as 7 were going home to a house alone with a house key and doing their homework and making a snack.  Many had a list of chores and had to start dinner.  Maybe called their mom once they got home, but more than likely not.

Now we have parents wanted to track their kids every step and piss.  If the bus is late all the mommies driving their minivans 7 houses to the bus stop are standing around are all worried.  LOL.  Some even leave to or call the school.  Where is my poor baby 5th grader?  I must know right now!!!

These kids literally can be on their own.  They are more than capable of having a game plan set without a cell phone. Do your kids a favor and make them earn a little bit of autonomy or street smarts, so when they are in 9th grade, they aren't the wuss texting you for help because they are clueless how to decide anything on their own or CREATE a game plan.  Be a parent, not a coddler. [/quote]

Lots of kids didn’t survive unscathed. One of my brothers was 8 when he was walking home and was beaten bloody by a homeless man outside the SuperFresh. A priest driving past intervened.

A friend cut her hand preparing a snack and got sepsis. Her life was saved, but her hand atrophied. [/quote]

Homeless boy attacks 8yr old for no reason.  No one to save them but a priest?
Friend cuts their hand and immediately gets sepsis and hand atrophied within hours?

Got it.  [/quote]

Where we grew up, the neighborhood SuperFresh had one side that faced the Main Street and one that faced a residential street. A priest returning from making a house call on the residential street spotted my brother being struck and pulled over. My brother was in shock and frozen still. He didn’t scream, try to run, or fight back. I don’t know why the man attacked my brother. Maybe he wanted money. Maybe he was mentally ill.

I never said my friend immediately got sepsis. She cut her hand and after she ate her snack, she went outside to play. Something she touched infected the cut. She did not mention it until the hand was hot and puffy a day or so later. If an adult had been home, they might have put Bacitracin and a bandaid on the cut and re-examined it after outdoor play. The atrophy came much later after she was hospitalized.

I know these aren’t pretty free range kid stories. [/quote]

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