On 3/21/2018 11:26 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
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> Parents also keep a tight leash on their kids these days. The kids get
> bored. We had bicycles and backpacks, so we went off on long hikes or
> bicycle rides.Â* We either came back for lunch or we packed a lunch, and
> we had to be back for supper. Later on I had to be back for my paper
> route. My neighour used to drive her kids to catch the school but... at
> the end of their driveway, and she would drive down and wait for the
> bus, even when they were in high school. Lucky them that they did not
> have to walk that 125 yards.
>

If younger kids stray from the front of the house parents are charged
with neglect. In MD, police investigated because kids walk home from school
http://wjla.com/news/local/silver-sp...e-alone-112094

When I was 8, I could go to my grandparents house by taking a bus,
train, then trolley. Today my parents would be arrested for letting me
go. At 10 we rode our bikes across a mile long bridge to another state
to visit a former class mate.