[ip26]

Nine is widely considered too young to stay home alone, let alone wander the world alone.

[LocalH]

This is a modern invention. Kids of that age routinely explored the world on their own in the before time. Then social media happened, and everyone thinks that everyone else is a risk. Everyone thinks they're doing good when they call the cops upon seeing a child by themselves.

[M95D]

I went to kindergarten alone every day at age 6. Almost everybody on my street did that. It was a 1 km walk. At age 7 I walked every day alone to school 2 km away and I remember it took exactly 25 minutes.

[amanaplanacanal]

I walked to school by myself starting at age 6. Everybody I knew did. Is the world more dangerous now than it was in the 1960s?