News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on As New Zealand Courts Tech Talent, Isolation Becomes a Draw. Parent comment

Re:As New Zealand Courts Tech Talent, Isolation Becomes a Draw by bspn on Friday April 14, 2017 @11:39AM (#14115067)
With respect to kids, one thing that surprised me was that almost everyone I spoke to lived within walking distance of their kids' school and were more than happy to let their kids find their own way to and from school unsupervised! I don't know whether they were just trolling me, but it seems like a lot of the fears we have here in the US don't exist so much in NZ.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:As New Zealand Courts Tech Talent, Isolation Becomes a Draw by justinclift on Friday April 14, 2017 @11:41AM (#14115079)
Kids walking to school by themselves (once old enough to have decent judgement/not get lost :>) isn't at all unusual in towns in Australia either.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:As New Zealand Courts Tech Talent, Isolation Becomes a Draw by TheAlchemist on Friday April 14, 2017 @11:42AM (#14115085)
I actually noticed to opposite in some parts of the country - a school bus doing what appeared to be a 20km tour in the countryside :)

But yeah, totally agree on the fears - kids have a lot of freedom there. On the other hand, I believe US is an outlier here too - it's quite frequent in Europe to let kids get back home alone.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:As New Zealand Courts Tech Talent, Isolation Becomes a Draw by RowanH on Friday April 14, 2017 @01:55PM (#14115914)
Not trolling you. It's a thing here. I did when I was a kid, and still happens today.
[ Parent | on HN ]