• Lumelore (She/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    12 hours ago

    When I was a kid I collected toads from a nearby pond and biked to elementary school by myself. I was fine and I know the kids in my area still do this and they’re also fine. I don’t think this mother did anything wrong.

    I kind of sound like an old fart complaining about kids not playing outside by themselves anymore saying this but I’m only gen z. Which is funny cause my 80 year old grandmother says stuff like that, but then also says that this mother should have been arrested.
    ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

    • village604@adultswim.fan
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      10 hours ago

      There’s a bit of a difference between a preschooler and an elementary student in terms of capability in the outside world.

      That being said, it’s a gated community.