50 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 10 Apr \ parent \ on: Japan is so child-friendly earth
During the 1980s and 90s so many TV movies about child abduction. Based on a true story!
Not trying to trivialize real tragedy
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Apr
As a parent, I certainly understand the appeal of "better safe than sorry", but kids do need those experiences of independence in order to become functional adults.
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 10 Apr
There was that woman who wrote about letting her child ride the subway in NY.
Reason also interviewed her.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Apr
Steven Levitt has also talked about encouraging his daughter to learn how to walk to school and back on her own.
My biggest concern with doing anything like that is getting reported to the state and charged with negligence. Many states have essentially criminalized childhood and even where they haven't, you never know how a particular state agent is going to act.
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