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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] adp1314@lemmy.world 100 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I started walking to school when I was eight. My parents made sure I knew the way and that was that. And on our bikes we went wayyy farther than a mile unsupervised

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago

Do you visit them in jail?

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

A lot of us walked/biked to our grade school as well. I can't remember which grade I started walking, but I was definitely doing it in 4. I'd wager even grade 3 but can't be 100% sure.

[–] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

On the weekends, it was routine for me to hop on my bike once my chores were done and just take off. The rule was just had to be home by dinner time, or call from whichever friends house I was at if I couldn't make it back in time. No cell phones.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 month ago

My oldest (8) bikes to school nearly every day.

His younger brother is allowed to walk to school next year when he is 6.

It is fairly normal here for kids, that are above 6/7, to walk to and from school if it isn't too far.

[–] kiwicheese@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Here we have 3 year old kids walking to kindergarten unsupervised.