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[–] 32 points 4 months ago (14 children)

Now we have the opposite problem. Parents expect to GPS track their kids 24/7 and they probably aren't allowed outside in the first place

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    My brother and i weren't allowed inside the house if it was a nice day outside.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    My parents did that to me as well until one day when I was like 6. I kept trying to get inside to cool off and my mom kept telling me it was too nice out to be indoors until eventually I threw up and passed out.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Meanwhile six year olds in Japan take the train and/or subway to school all alone, 12 year olds in vietnam ride electric scooters on 60 kph roads to get to school, and I met a chinese 16 year old crossing vietnam by motorbike all by himself.

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  • [+] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Don't worry, europe has the same problem but with fatbikes.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I haven't seen them cutting anyone off, mostly playing on the sides of 2 lane roads with traffic or on 3 lane median roads during low traffic.

    Did see a group of kids on the e-mopeds in China doing wheelies, I have no idea how you wheelie a bike without a clutch, and some kids flying up hiking trails like it was nothing in vn. It's kinda shocking how skilled some of them are.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    I'm american lol no the fuck you don't see 6 year olds taking public transit by themselves. My nephew's school won't even let 11 year olds walk home by themselves.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah sadly my wife was pretty anxious about our kids being out unattended, I ended up having to get a gps device for my youngest so that he could be the little extrovert that he is. I blame the news for all the panic.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)