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+1000.  You don't have to be a helicopter parent to think a 6 year old needs supervision.   [b]I'm not letting my 6 year old walk a half a mile to the park alone.[/b]  I would let her do it with me watching from a distance, sure.  But I'm not a helicopter parent in the sense that I'd do her homework for her or mediate her disputes for her.  [/quote]

Neither did the Meitivs.[/quote]

Funny how the helicopters keep making this story more and more "scary" in their eyes.  Abandoned garages, evil homeless people, all alone, helpless, dark outside, wandering....  It was 2 siblings walking home from a park on a sunny day.  Something you and your siblings used to do all the time because your parents weren't as paranoid as you now are!!  [/quote]

No we didn't.  We had a park across a 2-lane road from our neighborhood.  Not allowed to go there without an adult because of the road.   Allowed to roam in the neighborhood, but we could always be spotted/located by someone's mom or dad if they wanted to.  Born 1975.  Plenty independent, thanks.[/quote]

So you were allowed to play in the neighborhood.  Was your neighborhood more than 2 blocks wide because that is how far away the kids were from home when they were taken by police.  And you do realize that kids grew up then and now in urban areas and know how to cross busy streets.  Just because your parents didn't let you cross a 2 lane road doesn't mean your parents called 911 if they saw other kids doing it?  Or did they.  [/quote]

You said we all did this.  I said no we didn't.  Now you're changing that and saying it's irrelevant.  You're the one who made it relevant in the first place.  Pick a lane.
My parents would have called 911 (or more likely the nonemergency line first) if they saw kids alone in a situation they thought was unsafe for them.  I would too.  [/quote]

But yet you didn't answer my question.  Was your neighborhood that you were allowed to roam alone and play in more than 2 streets?  If so you were doing exactly what got these kids picked up.  Walking without a parent 2 blocks from their house.  My guess is you were, so technically I am right.

And please call your parents and ask them if they would have called 911 on these kids back in 1979.  I am curious for that answer as well. [/quote]

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