In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands alone (2015)

Re:In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands ... by coding123 on Sunday December 17, 2017 @11:41AM (#15946406)

The US is not the same US it was 10 years ago, and wasn't the same ten years before that... Kind of an interesting hypothesis to why we shouldn't call this the land of the free anymore. Parents are now being called legal gaurdians in some circles as a way to show how that state now owns children.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands ... by sdenton4 on Sunday December 17, 2017 @11:48AM (#15946437)

Qua?! Legal guardians is just a more general term than parents, which can encompass situations like orphans cared for by grandparents. Had nothing to do with saying that the state 'owns children.'

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands ... by behringer on Sunday December 17, 2017 @12:18PM (#15946600)

Legal guardians has always meant something different than biological parents.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands ... by Godel_unicode on Sunday December 17, 2017 @12:52PM (#15946767)

> we shouldn't call this the land of the free anymore.

Did you miss the part where they won and CPS released a statement that the cops overreacted? What more American thing is there than repeatedly disobeying wrong instructions from the government?

Their kids learned that in America if you didn't do anything wrong you can challenge The System and win. Seems like a lesson worth teaching to me!

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands ... by fjsolwmv on Sunday December 17, 2017 @04:21PM (#15947728)

Please delete this blantantly false comment.

[ Parent | on HN ]