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Re:Young adults are struggling with their mental health by comfypotato on Saturday December 31, 2022 @05:00AM (#34195084)
There’s something to be said here for neighborhood interactions among children of varying ages. I used to enjoy playing around building forts in the suburbs with some other young guys in friend’s neighborhoods that had lots on kids in the same age ball-park.

It’s not life-changing autonomy, but it was definitely free from any sort of helicopter parents for afternoons at a time.

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Re:Young adults are struggling with their mental health by JKCalhoun on Saturday December 31, 2022 @05:48AM (#34195280)
My 10-speed bicycle in 1978 (and on) was what gave me autonomy. As did my high-rise, banana-seat bike before that.

My daughters had bikes since even before the age when I had got my first bike but they seemed to rarely ride them.

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Re:Young adults are struggling with their mental health by lotsofpulp on Saturday December 31, 2022 @07:26AM (#34195845)
There are probably a lot fewer kids per neighborhood than when you were growing up.
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