Re:Making It Legal to Play Outside: “Reasonable Childhood In...
by lmz on Thursday February 23, 2023 @09:55PM
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> I don't think these folks have seen traffic in Jakarta, and yet kids still walk to school there.
You can't compare the two. Traffic in Jakarta is often barely moving while the suburbs have the opposite problem.
Re:Making It Legal to Play Outside: “Reasonable Childhood In...
by oaiey on Friday February 24, 2023 @01:26AM
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Maybe. But we all agree that American suburbs are peaceful, heaven-like places compared to many places in the world. In Australia it is poisoness animals, in many countries it is the availability of drugs, in some crime, kidnapping and rapist. And God forbid you live in a war zone.
Most parents would love their kids growing up in a safe place like in the US, the EU or Japan. But they are not and are faster independent and aware of their environment. And that is okay. Was like that for thousands of years.
There's people in the thread here saying American roads in suburbs are too unsafe, I don't think these folks have seen traffic in Jakarta, and yet kids still walk to school there. Most people on earth would kill for American suburb levels of safety.
America's paranoia is grounded in something else. The country has had bouts of hysteria over anything for many decades now.