"graham" wrote in message news
On 2018-03-21 11:28 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "dsi1" wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 5:57:38 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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> Things have certainly changed in a few decades. What's common in Japan
> would terrify most Westerners.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkVvXVDs5aI
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> My life was pretty much the same as Ed describes when I was young. My
> boys were allowed much more freedom in that way then my daughter was.
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> I doubt I would see that now.
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When I was young, not many people had cars so village communities like
mine were somewhat "enclosed". The village had a shoe shop and a shoe
repairer as well as a bicycle repair shop.

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Sounds very familiar.