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Re:Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community ... by ethbr1 on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @05:09AM (#38377286)
Being dependent on adults to drive cars is the crippling component.

If there were free taxi services (or other transit), kids would be fine.

And honestly, most of the evil comes from overly-empowering parents. "I don't think you should go there / do that / hang out with those friends" is toxic.

Healthier, as kids mature, for them to be able to do things that parents disapprove of... but can't stop. While still allowing prevention of serious choices.

Making kids dependent on parents' cars increases parents' power from "I can speak out about things I disagree with" to "My agreement is required for anything to happen."

And that's really not healthy, for the kid or the parent.

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Re:Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community ... by rayiner on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @09:04AM (#38379263)
Do you have any evidence of that? Asian American parents generally strictly control their kids’ choices, and they have much better outcomes than white American kids.

I think it would be great if kids could take themselves to gymnastics practice on public transit. But giving them the choice between that and smoking pot with friends? I think the choice hurts rather than helps.

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Re:Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community ... by ethbr1 on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @09:40AM (#38379812)
Outcomes measured with what endpoints?

Last I looked it up, there were pretty serious mental health issues associated with the tiger parenting technique.

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Re:Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community ... by rayiner on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @01:48PM (#38383378)
A whole bunch of stuff—from income mobility to life expectancy to incarceration rates to morality rates from avoidable causes.
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Re:Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community ... by userinanother on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @04:09PM (#38385141)
Dollars and cents
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Re:Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community ... by fulladder on Friday November 24, 2023 @03:41PM (#38408028)
What do you mean in the second paragraph about gymnastics practice? It's implying kids cannot take public transit, but why? That was fairly common, even recently, and I'm trying to understand if something has changed in some regions.
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