I always enjoy reading posts like this, because I’m 34 and if I visit my parents on Long Island, my mom still won’t want me to go for a walk near their house by myself. My range as a kid was 0. Until I was in middle school I basically wasn’t even allowed to play in the backyard by myself unless I was somewhere someone could see me. I wasn’t allowed to go anywhere without being driven until I had a driver’s license (we lived in an extremely safe neighborhood, literally in the middle of a county park). Also, possibly related, I have an absolutely horrible sense of direction, and readily get lost in towns I’ve lived in for years going to places I’ve been at least a dozen times.
Note: my parents themselves grew up in NYC and were allowed to bike around much of the city by themselves by the time they were 10. I am amazed how much changed in the thirty years between their childhoods and my own.
I know that’s not very constructive, I just wanted to share and say I’m glad whenever I see people pushing in the opposite direction.
I always enjoy reading posts like this, because I’m 34 and if I visit my parents on Long Island, my mom still won’t want me to go for a walk near their house by myself. My range as a kid was 0. Until I was in middle school I basically wasn’t even allowed to play in the backyard by myself unless I was somewhere someone could see me. I wasn’t allowed to go anywhere without being driven until I had a driver’s license (we lived in an extremely safe neighborhood, literally in the middle of a county park). Also, possibly related, I have an absolutely horrible sense of direction, and readily get lost in towns I’ve lived in for years going to places I’ve been at least a dozen times.
Note: my parents themselves grew up in NYC and were allowed to bike around much of the city by themselves by the time they were 10. I am amazed how much changed in the thirty years between their childhoods and my own.
I know that’s not very constructive, I just wanted to share and say I’m glad whenever I see people pushing in the opposite direction.