Don‘t forget many German parents still engage in helicopter parenting, too. But it is frowned upon by the majority. I for one, as a 6 year old in 1989, was allowed to travel by bike to the next village alone or with friends. I was buying bread at the bakery (about 1km away) and the way home from school as a first grader sometimes took an hour because we were playing at a small river nearby. All without phones. Luckily, I still see really small children walk to school without parents evry day.