Can't let kids walk alone anymore

[Christianbookworm]

Hitchhikin' still sounds risky.

[Sparko]

Make sure you have your towel with you.

[Christianbookworm]

Make sure you have your towel with you.

I'm sure no ones making a hyperspace bypass.

[KingsGambit]

Hitchhikin' still sounds risky.

It is. I just didn't have the heart to say no.

[mossrose]

It's generally illegal in most places, as well.

[DesertBerean]

The only way I would give any stranger a ride would be in a pickup with 3 200-pound dogs sitting in the cab with me while the guy sits in the bed.

[rogue06]

The only way I would give any stranger a ride would be in a pickup with 3 200-pound dogs sitting in the cab with me while the guy sits in the bed.

Must be one of those "King Cabs"

[Carrikature]

I'm unconvinced that "we did it when we were kids" is ever much of a justification.

[KingsGambit]

I'm unconvinced that "we did it when we were kids" is ever much of a justification.

To be clear, I'm not justifying, just reminiscing.

[Sparko]

I'm unconvinced that "we did it when we were kids" is ever much of a justification.

Yeah we used to play on railroad tracks and have BB Gun wars. Not too bright.

[mossrose]

And yet, most of us survived, even without seat belts, and learned how to cope as adults.

[Carrikature]

And yet, most of us survived, even without seat belts, and learned how to cope as adults.

"Most of us survived" is an even worse justification. There were ~756k abortions reported to the CDC in 2010, but most babies survived. "It could have killed me but didn't so do what you want kid" is not intelligent parenting.

[KingsGambit]

For the sake of context: This is not just some random act of some family letting an older kid babysit the younger. This is some newfangled movement called "Free Range Parenting". I don't think we have to buy into that movement wholesale (and it does seem strange, honestly) to allow kids to do some things on their own.

[Jedidiah]

I'm unconvinced that "we did it when we were kids" is ever much of a justification.

As moss said, it is a different world than the one I grew up in.

[Jedidiah]

"Most of us survived" is an even worse justification. There were ~756k abortions reported to the CDC in 2010, but most babies survived. "It could have killed me but didn't so do what you want kid" is not intelligent parenting.

I don't think that was a justification. Just historical fact. I never wore a seatbelt. But I started to when I made sure my kids had theirs on.