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Remember the Sesame Street animation where Wilhelmina's mom asks her to go to the store to get a stick of butter, an carton of milk, and a loaf of bread.  She does it all by herself, too!  Then again, the store is probably a block away...  :)  One of my daughter's favorite books is "Down the Lane" in which a girl maybe 7 or 8 years old, gets permission to walk alone down the dusty lane, through the old orchard, across the stream, and into town to get a dozen eggs: "Twelve big beauties, no cracks!" admonishes her dad.  Mom's not sure she's ready, but dad says, "Look at this big girl. She can do it!"   :)

Still, there's NO WAY I'd let my 7 yo into the village on her own. She's not ready. Maybe next year, at age 8, in third grade.  I'd have to think about it.  We live in a pretty safe-feeling little urban village.  Then again, two years ago, a 13 year old fought off someone who jumped from a car and tried to drag her into it from the sidewalk.  Broad daylight. Yeesh.[/quote]

In basically every classic children's book written before 1980 that has children and parents in it, the parents would be found guilty of child neglect by today's standards. Starting with Ramona.

Heck, my parents would be found guilty of child neglect by today's standards, and my mother was considered overprotective at the time.[/quote]

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