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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your child is far more likely to die riding in the car with you then they ever are walking to and from a park.

Then their is your home. 500,000 children under the age of 5 are poisoned in their own homes every year.

By being a free range child, I was always taught situational awareness and to be wary of any person who attempted to approach me.

Had mom always been there, I would still be oblivious to my surroundings because I always had a watchdog panting along behind.

Do you teach your children not to walk close to doorways or ally entrances? 
Do you teach them not to walk near parked cars - especially vans? 
Do you teach them to answer questions asked by strangers at a distance that does not allow them to be grabbed?
Do you teach them to cross the street and go the other way if they think someone is following them? 
Do you teach them not to display anything that could be considered valuable on the street including a cell phone? 
Do teach them not to use earbuds while walking so they are aware of sounds that may alert them to trouble?

I learned all of the above and more starting at age 4 (I walked alone to school at that age.)

[b]My mother's mantra was "I'm not here to be liked. I'm here to raise you to be a responsible adult." And she took her job VERY seriously.[/b]

Hovering parents are how a man could pull a gun on a subway car and nobody even noticed. "Oh, mom will watch out for trouble. I'll just sit here and text my friends."[/quote]

I agree!  My 13yr old daughter has a friend across a 2 lane road with a traffic light and cross-walk and her parents STILL as a teenager won't let her cross.  Last summer, they finally decided okay she could do it.  Guess what?  She was too scared to do it and didn't even know when/how to cross.  My daughter showed her but she was still so paranoid she never did it again.

Her friends think it is weird she does her own wash and knows how to make dinners.  She has been watching her younger sibling since she was in middle school and has been walking the dog daily on her own since she was in 2nd grade.

My 5yr old has friends that come over 5 minutes into a playdate and say they are bored and have no imagination.  Ask me to play with them.  They can't tie their shoes, they can't button their pants, they ask for a cup that can't spill.  Sheesh, it is like being around a toddler for me.  But yet, I realize that people parent different and there is nothing we can all do but find a common denominator.  [/quote]

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