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[randomness]

Do they let second graders walk over a mile alone to and from school nowadays?

I just Googled my walk to school in first and second grade. 1.1 miles through suburban subdivisions. (I don't remember walking to or from kindergarten.)

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[pekmez.livejournal.com]

I was glancing at a blog (free range kids) the other day that was passing along how some parent somewhere was infuriated by a school whose rule was that kids younger than 3rd grade could not ride a bike to school *even if they were with a parent*. I believe there are a lot of schools that require a lot more parental intervention to get kids to school and won't let them walk in the door unescorted or leave the building unescorted.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Yah, I've heard of Lenore Skenazy's blog, but I haven't read it.

I was a latchkey kid for most of my childhood starting sometime between first and second grade. I remember it being that young because at one point in those two years I lost the house key and there was much resulting drama.

[awfief.livejournal.com]

Hee! we were always losing our housekeys, we became experts at breaking into our own house without breaking anything.

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

I *think* my parents might have carried keys to the house, when we were growing up, but man, on a farm with a lot of kids you don't end up locking up except when you're away on vacation or away at relatives on Christmas day. We finally started locking it up after dad moved out and mom started working regular hours. I remember that fall my siblings did a lot of learning how to break into the house for lack of keys, I'd already moved out pretty much permanently.