Of course it’s weird. My dad, at 11, was allowed to ride his bike all around Queens, NY, with a friend. I, even at 17 in the early 2000s, was not allowed to ride my bike unsupervised in our own cul-de-sac in the suburbs, let alone to actually go anywhere. Sanity and sense have nothing to do with it.
Reminds me of this: “If you watch Stranger Things with your kids, there’s a good chance they think the strangest things of all are not the slimy monsters without faces but the kids riding their bikes without parental supervision.”
Of course it’s weird. My dad, at 11, was allowed to ride his bike all around Queens, NY, with a friend. I, even at 17 in the early 2000s, was not allowed to ride my bike unsupervised in our own cul-de-sac in the suburbs, let alone to actually go anywhere. Sanity and sense have nothing to do with it.
Reminds me of this: “If you watch Stranger Things with your kids, there’s a good chance they think the strangest things of all are not the slimy monsters without faces but the kids riding their bikes without parental supervision.”