dang this woman let her kid outside and she got a TV show, business and book wtf

@becky2040

6 жыл бұрын

Pastel Roses 🌹 good I like the comment

@kas_ualties7692

6 жыл бұрын

Ikr like wth -.-

@plutonian_accountant

6 жыл бұрын

So many kids in NYC roam around on their own. This isn't new

@dennis12879

6 жыл бұрын

and the parents that pay her just want to pay her so if something happend they got someone to blame

@angelina-ys3nj

6 жыл бұрын

💐🌸💮🏵

Fun fact: 90% of the violence against children is committed by their parents or close relative.

@oo-cc1yf

6 жыл бұрын

boitahaki 90% hm. Hmmmmmmm. Ok I'm scared of the outside world now.

@emmarae7188

6 жыл бұрын

No way... ....... REALLY??!??!?!

@worlddestiny3204

6 жыл бұрын

boitahaki true

@jalo7289

6 жыл бұрын

boitahaki fun fact: that doesn't stop people from snatching them if they want

@gabbyyoung9871

6 жыл бұрын

boitahaki yup that is so true my dude

My mom is always telling me to be more mature and stuff, but then she doesn't even let me cross a street by myself🙄🤔 i don't understand

@jennabonfardine8945

8 жыл бұрын

maybe act mature

@elsafairytale5998

8 жыл бұрын

my aunt does that to me except i am mature for my age she just thinks of me as her age but then on the street she thinks of me as a baby

@danielaesquivel2237

7 жыл бұрын

Mari Valen same

@SkullKing11841

6 жыл бұрын

Valentina She wants you to grow into a good mature responsible person but she's to afraid of what might happen if she does let you engage in things that would. Maybe point out the contradiction and just understand that even if she says these things in an annoying nagging way they come from a good place.

@stayhydrated2371

6 жыл бұрын

My life in a nutshell

I wonder when the government is going to let us adults do things alone....

@arcanekrusader

9 жыл бұрын

I'd like to try, but I'm not sure I can be trusted :(

@hutshutrules123

6 жыл бұрын

this is deep af

@palmtree1144

3 жыл бұрын

What is this supposed to mean?

If you overprotect your kids they will get in a shock when they are older and have to deal with the real world.

@marquisdehoto1638

3 жыл бұрын

And then get overwhelmed all the time and frightened... bc they haven't learned to be independent 😅

@isaskak9751

3 жыл бұрын

I agree they should try living in the 70s! No one cared where you were it was awesome

@brutustantheiii8477

2 жыл бұрын

Look at the REEEE leftists that actual Marxists indoctrinate USING that fear

@TheLucidSpecter

2 жыл бұрын

You won't look at it that way once the bad act actually occurs lol to each their own though. Some people live in safer neighborhoods than others

@marquisdehoto1638

2 жыл бұрын

@@lovepeaceandrespect8808 No I don't think so. There have been cases of kidnapping of boys as well as girls. I think both girls and boys should be taught what is strange but also what to do if something feels strange to them.

I don't think it counts when you have a fucking camera crew following them around lol

@brandishwar

9 жыл бұрын

There are cameras that are small enough to be hidden on the body that can still catch some good video -- not as good as the cameras used by professional crews, but workable.

@JonatasAdoM

6 жыл бұрын

Then how are you going to record it to show on TV!?

@Shani12

6 жыл бұрын

Loooooooooool

@brieg2970

6 жыл бұрын

coolman949 I believe it was afterwards, just as an example for TV At least for the 9 year old boy

@Esha911

6 жыл бұрын

No way not my 9 year old son nope! She's crazy, go look up how many children went missing in 2017 in NYC because parents want their children to be "independent."

I live in Portugal. Kids walk alone all the time, nothing happens bc they’re in broad light and like the streets are crowded and kids know when they’re in danger, they’ll scream and cry.

@Mwoods2272

6 жыл бұрын

These predators don't just grab the kids, I'm sure some do but they lure the kids with a dog or presents to gain their trust before snatching them so as to not alarm the adults nearby.

@ProvenScroll

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mwoods2272 that's why you teach your kids to not be gullible like that.

Why is this a big deal? She just let her son walk alone, that's all.

@blackmanta4643

6 жыл бұрын

Meadow-Rain Rabbit nigga this world is full of murderers ,rapists, assassins,etc

@lolnamickal40

6 жыл бұрын

Mogoi 1 why for womens tho :_:

@killingerblue

6 жыл бұрын

Black Manta just give them a gun

@Just...K

6 жыл бұрын

Mogoi 1 um it still happens to dudes. Dont act like it doesnt happen cause it does

@Just...K

6 жыл бұрын

KillingerBlue some kids would and might hurt themselves. Give them pocket knives

Ive been walking around alone in nyc since age 11 and I’m fine lmao

@justinehenley7752

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Since I was 9

As a Japanese person, this is funny

@paperaviation147

6 жыл бұрын

Ken Yamamoto not just japanese asians too (with few exceptions)

@nobodysperfect7422

6 жыл бұрын

Why

@kenyamamoto759

6 жыл бұрын

Nobody's Perfect Because in Japan, kids catch the train to kindergarten by themselves, when they’re only about 4 years of age. In Japan, kids that are the age of those in the video would have been catching public transport by themselves for years

@_moony_0v0o81

6 жыл бұрын

I lived in bosnia, 6 yearolds go to school alone,now im in germany and 5 yearolds go to school alone... Still,I can go wherever i want in my home town, and some places near,if i go farther i have to be with friends. (Im 13)

@sarah.3599

6 жыл бұрын

that's cuz Japan is really safe

I'm 15, I have barley done anything and I can't wait to. I have never been to a friend's house, sleepover, birthday party, mall, hangout, and aside from school, I never been anywhere by myself. My mom is overly protective and it really pisses me off, I live in a safe town and can't walk to a store alone. I can't even play Pokémon Go😥

@elenakk9125

7 жыл бұрын

filthy miku im 15 and i live with a host family in america and study in high school while my family lives in europe. i go pretty much everywhere by myself, and if i have to get somewhere far i take an uber. two years before my mom would come pick me up from the school bus station and drop me off at home. its all a matter of how much your parents trust you and how responsible they view you as

@filthymiku1400

7 жыл бұрын

Elena Kirova My mom trusts me, just not strangers. That's ok though she just cares *A LOT* about me. I'm able to do more stuff now tho

@HeatherBobo

6 жыл бұрын

Woah, your 15 you should have some freedom

@jalo7289

6 жыл бұрын

same. but I've been to a birthday party, my mom was there tho. I can't go anywhere alone. I've never been 2 the mall alone or the store AND I'm forbodinto play pokemon. but meh

@xsheruki6960

6 жыл бұрын

REALLY! I've been to all of them (excepted from the mall which i don't know what it is since in British) all by myself! I'm 13 as well, I do have a specific time to go home and have to call my home to tell her that I'm okay and stuff.

"Let's not bother the kids with a giant camera crew following them"

In Japan 6 year olds go to school by themselves in groups, either by public transportation or on foot. They even had a TV show where children as young as 2 goes out by themselves (of course with filming crews following them secretly) to do errands. That's the same in a lot of European countries as well. My parents sent me to another country when I was 9 to live with my relative over the summer, and at 13 to study by myself, and I'm not even the youngest kids who do that. Stop being overprotective of your kids or they will grow up not being able to do anything at all. I mean if it was some rural places with no one around then you should be worried, but New York is a busy place with people everywhere so I don't understand what the fuss is.

@bee5120

6 жыл бұрын

Problem is: nobody would care to help others in a place like NYC. They just mind their own business and avoid troubles. They would run away so fast whenever there's trouble.

@sophierahman2247

6 жыл бұрын

Thing is I know of 4 5 year olds allowed out abroad but it does only take a short space of time for something really bad too happen regardless your age especially for a child So let's say 100 kids go home but something happens too child 101 it's not worth the risk

@khaos5085

5 жыл бұрын

WeiYinChan In America there is a lot of paranoia. A lot of Parents don't know that most Pedophiles are somebody they know. Pedophiles are never strangers. To eliminate the fear is to not have friends and be very distant with your other family members. The sad truth is most Pedophiles are in the family or very close friends.

@lowkey1969

5 жыл бұрын

New Yorkers aren't that cold. They mind their own business, but if you want to create a mob of angry people just start hurting a child in public.

@debbiepotter6413

5 жыл бұрын

That’s comparing apples to oranges

I remember in my youth, I used to disappear with my friends for hours. As long as I was back before dinner, it was cool.

@_moony_0v0o81

6 жыл бұрын

Same

@_moony_0v0o81

6 жыл бұрын

And holy crap im late

I grew up in New York City. It was about 6th grade (I was 10-11) when my mom decided I was cautious enough to go home alone. But she an extremely worrisome mother (even in college now she checks out my dorm and makes sure everything is perfect before she leaves). So what she did is she would let me leave alone and walk about a block behind me and make sure I was being cautious like looking behind my back for anyone following me and looking for cars. Eventually I even forgot she was there and I still did those things. As a kid I remember that small freedom to be the biggest thing in the world. I honestly can’t remember the time I took the subway alone for the first time. Walking home 5 blocks from my middle school was way more memorable and more dangerous. It’s not that scary of a thing to be honest. Just don’t fall into the tracks and get off at the right stop. NYC parents need to chill out

@_moony_0v0o81

6 жыл бұрын

Jennely P. My mom did the same thing and now i go everywhere alone

My mom is overprotective 😂😂😂🤣 I’m 13 and I can’t even ride my bike on the road without anyone watching

In France a woman was attacked in an underground and nobody helped her so I can't imagine let my kids take it alone.

@adrianakuzmikova1697

6 жыл бұрын

where is that video/article? I wanna look at it.

@micropens

6 жыл бұрын

Abcfefg hijklmnop that was a grown woman

@adrianakuzmikova1697

6 жыл бұрын

and what is her NAME and WHERE can I read about it / see it ???

@theforestlizard223

6 жыл бұрын

well france is now full of crime we all know why :(

@mossyourlocalbleachbottle2098

6 жыл бұрын

Abcfefg hijklmnop in France where a bunch of elites rule

Kids in Poland go to school on their own at age of 6. I know I did. It was a 30 minute walk to my first school. Another school I went to, I traveled for over an hour. My kids will be thought self-reliance very early. They'll be the ones taking me home.

@chivenyc

9 жыл бұрын

***** I completely agree.

@TheNakedWombat

9 жыл бұрын

I live in Sydney, Australia. My second eldest turn 14 in March this year and in her second year of high school. Because we encourage our children to venture out alone, she had the confidence and the ability to take the bus and train(30mins) to school without being in need of constant adult supervision. When I was 12, I was traveling alone into the country by public transport and once traveled alone on public transport from Sydney to Melbourne. It's not that hard. We are failing our children if we raise them to need their nappy changed for them right through to adulthood.

@goodmaro

9 жыл бұрын

Is this unusual? Here in New York City, most of us walked to & from school, twice a day. I did so in the Bronx, athough I must admit that my mother did drive me on some cold mornings, but that may have been because I was asthmatic. I think the attitudes about this are worst in the suburbs nowadays. In the cities & rural areas not so much, but in the middle, yeah.

@evancourtney7746

9 жыл бұрын

Robert Goodman In my 'hood in Queens the kids had to walk starting in grade 4. In high school NYC school kids get the full-fare student metro card, AKA "The Keys to the City", they can go anywhere with that card between 5AM and 9PM.

@adrianakuzmikova1697

6 жыл бұрын

parents from the USA bring up dependent children who cannot do anything by themselves. I was going to school and spending time with my friends outside ALONE since the age of 7 and I moved out of the house to another city ALONE when I was 18. those children in the video will still live in their parent's basement even at the age of 30.

god guys, it's walking down the street, not explosive handling. kids aren't total dumbasses, they are capable of preforming a basic task.

@bosslady5536

8 жыл бұрын

kids go missing from the front yard

@jalo7289

6 жыл бұрын

luke santos yes just as strangers are capable of taking them. they don't care about the cars and walking. they care about the crazy things going in child predators mind

@luharrell1

6 жыл бұрын

luke santos yeah but are the strangers?

@eclipseymonortosa169

6 жыл бұрын

but this is not walking down the street tho, did you even watch the video bruh

I'm 11 and I can't even open my door and Stand right in my backyard

@skylarrose2046

7 жыл бұрын

Same

@eggroll242

7 жыл бұрын

I'm 13 and i can't go there too :P

@jellostar5485

7 жыл бұрын

so true whitout permission I can't go out side in the BACKYARD

@filthymiku1400

7 жыл бұрын

+BluEraReGT Try being 15 and not allowed to

@OdiousCrystal

7 жыл бұрын

bruh

I used to walk/run around a small East Texas town with a BB gun over my shoulder. I was prepared for danger.

@ryanbahrani3121

6 жыл бұрын

Tim Lebsack some 30 year old man probably does the same except is not bbs he’s shooting

@kajemahal

6 жыл бұрын

Or either knowing taekwando

@luharrell1

6 жыл бұрын

Tim Lebsack right because a BB gun would hurt someone...

@2h4

6 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I would walk all over town cant any more we moved in to a big city :(

@FredStar1

6 жыл бұрын

Londoners yeh, like me yeah, cant carry no BB gun yeah? So... we carry dem knives in our pockets for danger,

When I was a kid, you left home at noon and came home as late as you could get away with all summer long. We got into all kinds of trouble. Good times :-)

I started going to school by myself when I was 10 because my parents would always tell me I am old enough to know the directions, stop lights etc. I love it!

Wow this is crazy...I live in Germany and you can go outside everytime without someone watching you

@JonSmith-yq1dw

6 жыл бұрын

Laura where in Germany do you live though? more than likely probably in a very small area where everybody knows everybody and is very ethically homogenized. New York City is a tiny area packed with 8 million people from literally everywhere in the world. there's plenty of places in the US that are perfectly fine to let your kids do that kind of stuff it's all about where it is and perspective.

My parents let me walk down the board walk all by my self at sixteen with at least hundreds of people walking there, and I was fine, made me more independent and confident.

You see there’s a difference from now and then. The world has become much of a tempting and dangerous place. My parents lived in Honduras, back then they would ride their bikes in the streets and walk home from school everyday. Now Honduras has become one of the most dangerous country in the world. And so I prove my point the world has changed form the past and the world is more dangerous who knows what is going through peoples minds when they see a child walking down the streets but not everyone will have the same thoughts.

@kendraklopfenstein5350

6 жыл бұрын

The rates of violent crimes have gone down exponentially we now just have the media to see the small amount of crimes that do happen blown up into massive stories. 90% of all violence against children is committed by a relative or a close family friend

@AngelaShiflet

6 жыл бұрын

Ignacio Zelaya well said 👏

I can't even unlock the door without my parent's permission

If i had kids i would let them walk home alone as long as they are walking with a few friends and not in any sketchy part of town

@luvsluna4

3 жыл бұрын

i’d walk the route w them first to test the waters and do it a few times till i’m like “okay. i think you’re good” 😭😭 as a future mother, i feel like i’ll be overprotective bc i wouldn’t wanna lose my kids

when i was in elementary school doing baseball for my extra curricular stuff, one of my brothers was late in picking me up, so I decided to walk home by myself and it was a 4 mile walk. Made it home fine and no one tried kidnapping me or doing something to me. I hate helicopter parenting so much

This woman is what a GREAT mom looks like.

I was so sheltered, and I hated it. But now, I’m older I’m like a leach on my parents. Haha! 😂

@Julz437

6 жыл бұрын

Hannah Nicole Lol I'm the Same!!! 😂😂😂

@ahhhbeee3673

5 жыл бұрын

👍🏼🤣

Almost every first graders go to school by themselves in country where I live. Walking sometimes 1 or 2 kilometers. Today society is too hysteric imo.

Wow, Just Wow...These parents are celebrating because they let there kids go out for a walk...WTF...When I was growing up in the mid 80 eightees all i had to do was just tell my mom, (Because my dad could care less) where I was going and who I was going to hang out with and as long as I came back before the Sun went down,...Everything was fine...And this was every single day...No reason to celebrate , it is NORMAL for a kid to explore his surroundings...I just don't understand modern parents these days.

@_moony_0v0o81

6 жыл бұрын

I know im late as hell,but..I am 13 now and this is literally a thing in america,where i live i could go out whenever i want,i leave a note or text my mom and we all good.I would come back when its sunset. I did this since i was 9. And when i went to the countryside i was allowed since i was 7.

In Germany kids start walking to school at age 6 😂

@alpzepta

3 жыл бұрын

I think American kids are lazy!

I finally was allowed to go to Sydney alone last year and I’ve been loving every bit of it, children need independence.

I had a friend growing up whose parents didn't care what we did really. They would let us go to the roller rink alone in the third grade and we had so many good times. I'm still alive too😂

I spent many years teaching my daughter how to cross the street look both ways. Not talk to strangers. So when she was 9 and a half and she wanted to walk to the local library would just probably about 15 minutes from our house and a little crosswalk needs to be crossed she was more than prepared . Slowly I let her walk more places.

I was almost kidnapped, so no.....my kiddo will need to show maturity and self awareness.

The truth is you can't keep your child in a 100% save environment all their life... it's therefore important to give them the tools and ability to defent themselves and know when it might get dangerous

I think that lady's missing the whole point, it totally depends on where you live but if you live in a high risk crime community it's not whether or not you can trust your kids it's whether or not you can trust strangers around them who are stronger then them to have enough self control and a right state of mind to not hurt your children. You can trust your kids all you like but it doesn't mean they're going to be in safe hands when they walk out that front door alone. I agree if you live in a safe area go for it but if your city's full of rape, attacks and crime it's not something I would risk allowing my child to tackle alone.

What about predators?!!!!! This is stupidity

@paullytle246

7 жыл бұрын

Jesus garcia box cutter is better

@taxfaberge

6 жыл бұрын

teach em self defense

@anvior45

6 жыл бұрын

If there is hardened criminal gangmember standing close by, or a mentally ill homeless man, im sure they both would intervene to protect the kid from the predator.

@Tony00599

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t portray yourself as pray then.

@ElSings

3 жыл бұрын

Give them self defense lessons, and a 130 decibel alarm, and only let them go places that you know are populated and don’t have as much crime as other parts of where you live. And as long as they are ready for it, you should let them go, because they don’t need to be babied. I get that stuff happens, but if they’re taking all the right precautions and know how to get help and handle themselves, or you check on them every hour via phone for example, then let them go. They should have independence. Unfortunately, I was never forced to go anywhere by myself as a kid, even though I live in a really really safe suburb, and so now that I’m sixteen and should be doing tons of stuff by myself, I’m literally scared to talk to anybody, and it’s a problem for my mental health. Seriously, it causes problems for us kids later in life not to be given a bough freedom at a young age. Set as many restraints as your comfortable with, but don’t keep them from doing stuff, because they’ll end up like me. I’m slowly (I mean like, really slowly) getting better, but it’s so hard to be comfortable in public. I don’t even have much anxiety, and I’m even an extrovert, yet I have this problem only because I was never trusted to do anything as a little kid. It’s not fair for the child, you need to let them take risks. For one, you won’t always be there to help them, and for two, life in and of itself is a huge risk. So don’t have kids if your going to keep them locked up inside all the time, because it causes a worse experience for them, and then there’s no point.

I’m turning 13 in may and I live in Wiesbaden Germany. (Original fro da states) and my parents have entrusted me so much here and when I asked them they said they probably wouldn’t give me the same amount of freedom in America. I’m twelve I take the city shuttle, By Myself. I walk down town, By Myself. I even make my own money and take the train *By Myself* on a regular basis and that’s normal here. I see 9 year olds on the train by themselves (hence my little sister) and in America literally no one does that and if you do then your a “bad parent” if anything your a better parent! But I dono ;-;

@_moony_0v0o81

6 жыл бұрын

Tessa Turner Official true,and its everywhere like this,but america is just being america.

i live in london and i am 13 and i go everywhere by myself except to very far places

@646kb

8 жыл бұрын

i live in new york and im 13, do you take the underground alone? london mabye be different from NYC but just want to see another kids perspective.

@adam-azzam

8 жыл бұрын

yes i go everywhere myself including the underground what about u

@646kb

8 жыл бұрын

+A ADDZ sometimes i do, my parents worry though since its such a populated city and a lot of dangerous people especially if you end up in the homeless part of town

@adam-azzam

8 жыл бұрын

if i was in the bad parts of london i probably would have been stabbed by now

@workouttime4184

6 жыл бұрын

A ADDZ Your 13, I'm 11, I have better spelling than you, i? No, it's I.

The problem isn't with the parents that let kids go out by themselves. The problem is with the government. How many stories are there now that a parent let their kid go to a park by themselves and next thing they know police are involved because of "child welfare issues." Think I exaggerate?...Look it up. I know for a fact that if I was raised today the same way I was, my father would be in jail. His favorite question for my brother and me was "Are you hurt or are you injured?" The only difference in the two was how much Krazy Glue it would take to stop the bleeding. Tough love taught me a lot about life...Do something stupid and bad things happen.

@xcvsdxvsx

9 жыл бұрын

yea i think this lady is under estimating the risk because shes only thinking about more traditional criminals and not the ones in uniforms.

@TheNakedWombat

9 жыл бұрын

Lenore is actually publicly advocating for Government to stop acting like despots over families.

@TheNakedWombat

9 жыл бұрын

***** Children are at greatest risk of being harmed by people they know; family, teachers, etc. No strangers.

@xcvsdxvsx

9 жыл бұрын

TheNakedWombat Sure I know that. I'm saying among the risks that exist for a child who goes out into the world by him/her self, the government is foremost among them. And if you ignore the risk of the government trying to kidnap them than you are not properly accounting for the risk of letting them go out into the world alone.

@Stonegoal

9 жыл бұрын

TheNakedWombat In the past that was because we taught our children to be careful of strangers now its because we have them avoid strangers completely. So what is the problem with avoiding strangers completely? Less independence and the avoidance of future friends; we should work on profiling(no stereotyping).

Im aloud to leave the house.but only walk around the neighborhood....but i get REALLY paranoid...so i dont leave my house😂😂😂

@midnighttheblackwolf8183

7 жыл бұрын

+Katherine Myers gammar natzi

@adrianakuzmikova1697

6 жыл бұрын

Midnight the black wolf ALLOWED !!!

I’ve been allowed most places with my oldest brother who was 12 at the time when I was 10 alone and since I was about 9 I’ve been taking the bus alone. I’m currrently 15 and am happy that my parents gave me that freedom as its helped me mature and made me get around the city by my self.

Watch.

@MikeNoyes

9 жыл бұрын

h/t Lenore Skenazy

@rishitowari6592

8 жыл бұрын

this is stupid do you follow the news by any chance? kids abducted girl and boys even men and women especially in newyork!

@inkyleyland4974

7 жыл бұрын

ReasonTV

@uppermoonfour

7 жыл бұрын

ReasonTV that's why I'm here a duh xD

@Chris-do1vy

6 жыл бұрын

ReasonTV ok

Well -not every parent really wants the kids. The minute it happens to you-YOUR ODDS JUST Shot to 💯% and there’s no going back.

raised in then, rural Michigan, in a large 30? block section with twice as much woods, very discreet homes. this was early sixties thru. my parents gave us (3 bothers, last, a sis) so much room. we left after breakfast, and of course at dusk we were home. we had the woods, creeks, and the small school grounds. I always tell my mom, (dad's gone)how much the other kid's, even then, envied us to be able to explore more than all of my friends. dad did the factory gig, so it was mostly on "the mom" to offer this. 57 now, and still offer thanks to her for giving us the opportunity to expand our horizons. obviously times have changed, but that trust, that giving of space, was such a special thing she gave us. and i'll never forget. thanks mom and dad, it really meant the world to us.

@MilwaukeeF40C

9 жыл бұрын

Parents probably had so much more time to fuck when their kids were just running around all day.

@tymesho

9 жыл бұрын

?, if that was aimed at me, it's an insult to my parents and our family. our family is the prime example of success, and we are damned proud of it. you may want to use your time in a more productive manor.

@MilwaukeeF40C

9 жыл бұрын

Michigan Mister I was just saying. Your anecdote made me think of that.

@tymesho

9 жыл бұрын

disappointing. back then, with 4 kids, a GM check for 40 hours was 123.00. life was hard, but simple pleasures were paramount. I was lucky enough that my parents made the most of our "free time", on both they're time, and their children's. I'm sure you understand.

Which episode of Forensic Files began with the mom reluctantky giving her kid a random chance to prove his/her independence? Oh yeah....all of them.

Hats off to you, Lenore! I remember walking to the store and back when I was five years old in Compton, California, so I guess my parents had the same perspective as you did.

I live in Liverpool which is one of the biggest cities in England, I've been going out on my own since I was 10 I'm 16 now and I'm aloud to go wherever I want ( even if it's a different city ) as long as I tell my mum where I'm going and what time I might be back.

I usually just sharpen my nails and carry scissors around when I walk anywhere alone

When I was in 2nd grade my cousins who are in 3rd and 4th grade taught me how to go home all alone that I should ride these specific vehicle which is a jeepney to get home faster. One time my cousins got home earlier and I was all alone, I rode on jeepney not knowing that I’ll take me to a different place which and where I am not familiar with the place. I cried, when I started to notice that it’s on a different route, then the driver noticed me and I ask me where I am from, and I told them. They then sent me to a different vehicle that is called tricycle and by the time I already know the place I got off and walk all the way to my house. It’s really an experience for me because without it I wouldn’t be able to know and the things I should do whenever I will have another experience of it, and it actually made me in to an independent person. Although at that time my parents/family got worried but they really put their trust on me that when I was on 3rd grade they just let me send myself to school and go home without them worrying about me getting lost again until I graduated high school, actually up until now.

I've never smothered my kids, but I wouldn't have let my kids when they were nine go on the tube. They went other local places , but any parent that doesn't let their kid go certain places like this shouldn't be made to feel guilty, or that they're being overprotective.

My family and friends all let us kids walk through nyc in the summer by ourselves, just don’t take yourself down a dark ass ally and stay in the streetlights at night

This is why I’m glad I live in a small town.

The reason we drink after cheers… Banging glasses is hard work!

Meanwhile my parents give me literally no privacy and don't respect my need to be independent as a teenager.

So glad I grew up in the '60s.

In the early ‘60s, the rules for us were basically to stay within our area-don’t cross Northern Blvd, Francis Lewis, or the Whitestone Expressway. When the streetlights came on, we went directly home. We pretty much played in groups and freely went from one person’s house to another’s. There were no cell phones and most mothers were home. We learned how to amuse ourselves and to settle disagreements. I first rode the train into the city when I was 14-in order to attend high school. Nobody thought anything of it. And by the late 1960s-early 1970’s, NYC was a much more hazardous place than now. Check the statistics! I moved out and lived on my own at 18, attended college, worked, lived commuting from Brooklyn Hts. to Manhattan and Queens all through the 1980s, 1990s. One developed a sixth sense of sorts that signaled danger. Today’s pampered children and even adults into their 30s never learn, hence they go through life always fearful of being on their own, not monitored or “connected” to others. Too bad. When a crisis arises, these people are helpless and useless. I’m all for teaching children to be responsibly independent.

What is a "stranger"? Kid asked me , I couldn't answer

@XonWechtvt

9 жыл бұрын

The general public seems to be under the impression that a "stranger" is someone whose mind is really easy to read. Just by looking at said stranger you can just tell what he is thinking about. An adult referring to a stranger in front of kids will equate strangeness with suspiciousness, which in the kid's mind means danger. If the adult enforces this idea by avoidance and alertness, it will exacerbate the situation. A "stranger" could also be someone who is stranger than the one who is strange; "unknown" or "unacquainted" could perhaps suffice as better terms.

@TRICHOMETRIST

9 жыл бұрын

Swenska Sprätthöken +

@Stonegoal

9 жыл бұрын

Someone you do not know the name of.

@TRICHOMETRIST

9 жыл бұрын

Travis Romig I know the names of very strange people Ted Bundy jumped out. Beyond strange

@Stonegoal

9 жыл бұрын

***** Why would that be? Atheist understand there is only this world. They live for this world or they try to use their live to improve the lives of those who will live after them. Religious people believe this world is only a test and their religious cult is the only ones going to the next true world. I haven't seen anything to suggest that he is an atheist. I read he was baptized into the Mormon church. Yep, that would make him a Christian, I would bet money he confession at death roll was for the Christian god AKA Jehovah.

A 12 year old alone is New York is very normal. By 7th grade i was taking the subway every day to school, no problem. I think that the city seems scarier if you aren’t from it. Honestly, I feel safer in NY with all the people around than I would in some rural area.

I hope their alright be safe. God bless you all

My family was 11 generations New York (formerly New Amsterdam.) I was riding the Subway from the time I was 6. The City didn't have school buses in those days. we used public transportation for everything. Our schools gave us a card which allowed us to ride free. I knew every mile of the subway, including a few abandoned stations. I went up to Harlem, and across the river to Yankee Stadium. I hung out in the Village watching the brand new unfolding music scene. I went to the upper west side, and learned how to fix cars from the Puerto Ricans, and up to City Island to learn how to cook from the Italians. The best fried chicken in the city cane from Harlem Fried on 126th street, and the Spanish food in the South Bronx was to die for. I left New York for the last time in 1970. During my whole childhood, I was NEVER a crime victim. Never assaulted, never robbed, and never even bullied. It was a wonderful time to be young. I would have gone stark raving mad if I had parents (and other adults) sniffing around after me.

I’m gonna be a free range parent when I am a parent. When they’re 10, they can venture out on their own and I would like to give them what I call a city survival kit, which would be a cell phone and a bottle of pepper spray that I pray to God they’ll never use.

(UWS-NYC) Now he's 18. Age 9, I let him go to the playground alone, 4 blocks away to teach a similar lesson. Gave him ice-cream $ for the playground. Told him what time to be home. He got home on time - after instead taking himself by subway downtown to 42nd Street to browse in the NBA Store. Boing!!! If you try this, be sure to make a mutual understanding of boundaries, even if you think its obvious to them.

Would You Let Your Kids Walk All Alone in New York City? Hell no! It's way too dangerous! They could be the victims of Stop & Frisk. They could be arrested for resisting arrest! They could be shot dead by a couple of panicked cops for playing with a toy. It's just not safe. Please government... make it safe. Please take my money and make it safe. Won't somebody puhleeeeeeze think of the children?!?

@logannastoff3782

8 жыл бұрын

Why would you be playing with a toy walking home from school that would even make them think it's a threat?

@jennagarcia9411

7 жыл бұрын

Liberty4Ever Have you ever even been to NYC? My parents let me walk around NYC as as a kid to go to school and back, and it's never been dangerous. I could definitely seeing parents not letting their kids walk around near more of the "ghetto" or violent parts of New York like South Bronx or Bushwhick but in general it's not unsafe walking around NYC as a kid. (You maybe shouldn't have an opinion on parents and letting their kids walking around freely in NYC because you seem more of like a tourist and your reasons are very far-fetched.)

@Liberty4Ever

7 жыл бұрын

Some people don't get my satire. Yet all of the examples I listed were actual events based on police abuse/incompetence, although not all in New York City. And no, I'm not a New York City tourist. I was s tourist 44 years ago, as a child, and that was enough for me. Nothing personal, but I have no interest in visiting New York state, and am particularly averse to the idea of visiting New York City. I intend no offense. Many people enjoy vacationing in New York City, but it's not for me. To each his own.

@jalo7289

6 жыл бұрын

Liberty4Ever a government won't make bad people do flood things. the people is the problem not the government

These are some protective parents I could go in the street in the middle of the night when I was 6 and now I am 11 and people say only child's are so protective

If I had kids I wouldn’t let them out until they were about 11 or 12, even then they wouldn’t be aloud far and make sure to call me every 20 mins. I know it sounds strict but who knows what could happen as seen as we live in a harsh world. I would rather have them hate me and be safe rather than love me and be in danger

I was born in NYC and lived there for a little over the first decade of my life. At 6 years old I was out and about on my bike, staying within ten blocks or so of my house. By 8 years old I was taking the bus, train, and ferry by myself. The only rule was that I was to be home when the streetlights came on. No one even raised an eyebrow. Later, when we'd moved upstate to a more rural area I'd be out the door in the summer and gone until the sun went down. All this before the era of cell phones, btw, so if a problem did come up I'd have had to find a payphone or knock on the door of someones home and ask to use their phone. Let the kids go out, keeping them under thumb is just retarding their growth.

I was pretty free range as a kid (Of course with restrictions and responsibilities) it's really not all that bad. My dad let me get groceries myself and that was one of the things that made me feel like I was contributing to the family

In terms of abductions, big crowded cities are some of the safest places because there are cameras and people everywhere.

my mom used to let me and my sister walk to school, store, ride NYC public transportation, etc. when we were 7-10 yrs old, were now 21&22yrs., when we lived in Bronx, NY East Gunhill rd., Hunts Point South Bronx We just had guidelines to follow to know if a stranger came up to us or tried to harm/coax us into following them, we knew what to do.

I started to take the bus at the age of 11 to my tutor's house. Then the train when I was 14 to downtown Chicago.

@PraveenSriram

Жыл бұрын

That sounds really good 👍🏿. Thank you for sharing and hope you are doing well and staying safe and healthy

In NYC that happens all the time. 5th graders travel in groups to go to and from school. Walking or subway. Its safer than cars.

@Mwoods2272

6 жыл бұрын

It's safer in groups but if you were a 7 year old white kid walking thru Harlem by himself, he will get jumped.

I went to school by myself and I lived in NYC during my school years. for Junior high I had to walk 6 blocks, for High School I took the bus, if I missed it, I had to walk 26 blocks. My parents had no problems letting me go by myself. I met up with my friends after a 3-4 blocks and go to school together.

I’ve seen a lot of comments about like “why is this such a big deal?” Or “in my country kids as young as 6 walk to school alone”. For some reason, America is one of the most dangerous countries. Not that all of America is dangerous or bad, but there are so many drugs, alcohol, and crimes (for example, kidnapping, sex trafficking, etc.) that happen on a daily basis. So I feel like for most parents in America (and some other parts of the world) have a very, very good reason to be scared or nervous about letting their kids out alone.

Why is this such a phenomenon in America and it's like a parenting method. Almost everywhere else it's normal to take the train and go places themselves.

My dad lived in New York a couple years ago but by couple I mean twenty years ago he was a trouble maker he would sneak out of his house and roam around to look at the beautiful lights he never got hurt 😄😃😀😁😉

I took the subway from Brooklyn to Manhatten a number of times when I visited my grandmother. I was not yet ten when I did so for the first time. This was in the early 60's

I know from experience the big city is muuuch different from rural New Mexico. Even now as the population grows in New Mexico it’s harder to let your smaller ones have the same freedoms you did as a kid

This woman is inspiring!

Ya'll need to come to queensland, kids are by themself everywhere and they are completely safe. This is why i love aus

shes not the worst mom! if you keep your kid traped inside all day he/she will become spoiled so give your kids free time by themselves outside so they learn how to protect themselves. :)

The family that grew up with lots of freedom... My dad grew up being able to walk in a state park for hours on end and I'm not even allowed to go outside my neighborhood with a friend....

@julia-nq2gl

8 жыл бұрын

Same

@hassan-fo6mj

8 жыл бұрын

Same

Thank God ur little boy is safe....hope he stays safe , 9 is a little too young , he can get all the so-called childhood freedom after 12.

@hana-um6do

6 жыл бұрын

jeweljellyjolly 10-11

I remember the days before there were cell phones and kids could roam the landscape without a helicopter parent wondering exactly where we were and what we were doing. True, there was a pack of us that went out on a ranch that was covered in Live Oak trees among other trees and shrubs, and we took our BB guns and homemade hand grenades and had the time of our life playing War. But no one ever was seriously hurt although we did have to perform minor field surgery a couple of times when shrapnel from the grenades found it's way past human flesh. The backside to the story is that none of us ever wound up being an absolute knucklehead or getting into much trouble at all. One of us is a nuclear physicist, one is a career police officer, one is now a retired Marine and one is a very successful businessman. Fun fact: the one who took shrapnel in his back (worst field surgery we ever had to do) wound up being the career Marine. Somehow, I'd like to think that our time playing WAR as boys prepared us all for this thing called life.

What? My mom won’t even let me walk around the toy store alone! She would never let me do this! This definitely dangerous too.

I live in ny , and I am like 12 years old my mom don’t even let me step outside by self at all.

Crazy, America has become so backwards its ridiculous. 10 year olds can walk 10min to the shops in most countries. But in America a teen isn't even allowed.

@capricorn_gamingvor7344

6 жыл бұрын

A year or two ago, an eleven year old boy was coming home from his friend's house and was just walking by the park in our tiny community when an adult stranger tried to kidnap him. He was only two or three houses away from his home.

Thought this was a social experiment lol

Where ever they were in NYC was scarcely populated. I was born and raised in NYC and even being with a parent is scary because there's just so many crowds of people. When i was little my mom had a backpack leash lmao. But some parts of NYC are really bad and as a young adult I don't walk alone.

My childhood was in the early 70s. We were also allowed to explore the world very independently. There were only a few rules that we MUST adhere to 1, Never alone, always at least in twos. 2 When it gets dark, come home. 3, Foreign property is taboo. e.g. stealing apples from a neighbour.

I've went in a train alone when I was 11

In England you can only really go to the town center at 11-12 to start with. Thats when you go to secondary school (high School) because its a lot more dangerous in the UK ESPECIALLY in London.

I love every body in the world including you and your children

I was born and raised in Brooklyn and I used to go school myself at the age of 7.

this lady had to be locked up for child endangerment. Im 18 and I wouldn't personally walk by myself in that jungle.

I'm been going shop and out by myself since I was 7-8 and I see kids now doing the same thing at 3-4! I live in a rough part of a town in Ireland, we're drunks walk around at 2pm, so it's a risk, but reality