Originally Posted by
Skipjacks
If you did that today with a kid under like 12 you could literally be visited by child protective services and charged with criminal neglect of a child.
Yes. It's stupid. I used to make my own breakfast too. I got myself to school. I got myself home. All so my single mom could work to provide for me. I survived.
Now, it'll get you tossed in jail.
The world is dumber now.
That is particular to certain places. Where I live, 5-year olds get dropped off at the train station and take the train to school by the themself. In Germany, it's even more independent.