[logifail]

> Also there is the practicality point. In the old days, kids could reach each other from their own volition

Our eldest travels into the nearest town by train, on his own, to get to his school. He's done this since he was 11.

Our youngest walks to her primary school, on her own, since the first week she started at primary school.

> [..] back when kids walking on the sidewalk alone wasn't a reason to call CPS.

Why any parent wouldn't trust their child to go for a walk unsupervised but would trust them to be on Snapchat unsupervised is completely beyond me.

[sweettea]

It's not a matter of not trusting the child to go for a walk unsupervised -- it's not trusting CPS to consider it acceptable.

[est31]

I was exaggerating a little, but the issue still exists. There has been a change in general societal mindset around deeming the outsides as dangerous for children, even during the day. This mindset might not exist everywhere, but where it is prevailing, it is forced onto parents who let their kids out in the sense that they are looked negatively upon.

[bcrosby95]

I've lived in several places and never had this problem. My instinct is that this is just another moral panic - not any different than fearing of child abduction when letting your kid walk to school.

Yes, it happens, but its exceedingly rare.

[est31]

Btw: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34625907