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iteria on March 26, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social me...

Except that's new too. When I was a kid, I could travel wherever I wanted without anyone calling the police on me. It was just normal for gangs of elementary schoolers to wander about. I'm a millennial, so it wasn't even that long ago this was a thing.

AlexandrB on March 26, 2024 | [–]

It's crazy. We've stopped treating children like children and started treating them like babies that need constant supervision.

jonathankoren on March 26, 2024 | [–]

And once again, it is literally safer now than when we were kids. By every crime statistic, it's safer now than ever.

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