Hey, GenX, did you see this? "Georgia Mom Faces Jail Time for Letting 10-Year-Old Son Walk to Town Alone"

Posted by The_ZombyWoof@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 12 comments

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MezcalCC@reddit

Yeah it’s insane. We basically did everything without adult supervision.

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BeerWench13TheOrig@reddit

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At 10, we were walking to the McDonald’s, the community pool (which was not in our neighborhood) and riding our bikes all over the place.

This story made me sad.

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ranchoparksteve@reddit

And this is a heavily Republican area that claims to want a return to life as it was 50 years ago. Well, as children we walked and biked further than a mile, on our own, and at a younger age.

I really don’t understand what people want these days.

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elev8torguy@reddit

What's a mile walk for a kid? 10 minutes? A kid can't walk for ten minutes without a parent being arrested? I'm with you, I don't know what these people want anymore.

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A 10 year old a kid would be walking to school on their own, walking and cycling around alone in their area, and baby sitting younger siblings while the parents were out shopping or having dinner with friends on a Saturday night, when we were kids.

At 10 years old bookworm me would walk to the library by myself. Parents expected you to wander off until dinnertime. You weren't supposed to be cooped up in the house especially if the weather was good.

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MyNextVacation@reddit

I’m so glad I grew up when I did with the freedom my parents gave me. They seem like a nice family and I was sad to read about what they are going through.

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