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Make your children wear hi-vis vests when they go out on the...
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Lol, that would be hilarious AND safe
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Under age 9 is kind of young for walking around alone imo
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Date: June 23rd, 2025 7:21 AM
Author: Electric hall

We let our kids <9 walk to the corner store and park by themselves. Usually, I follow along at a great distance. About 1/3 of the time some woman (95 percent of the time) will stop and demand to know where they are going and where their parents are. I've told them to just say, "We're fine, but thanks for asking." But then some number of them will park their car and get more involve and then chastise me for letting them walk alone.

I usually control my temper and cite my state's free range statute, but then they always argue with that and say things like, "I don't agree with that law."

It's crazy that we've managed to make children being outside an abnormality. When I was a kid I left the house from sunup to dusk and got up to all kinds of shenanigans and no adults cared.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49041972)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle judgmental international law enforcement agency

You’re the parenting version of those guys who openly carry AR-15s downtown in front of government buildings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49041973)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 7:32 AM
Author: Electric hall

You want me on that wall.

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Date: June 23rd, 2025 7:34 AM
Author: mint gas station tank



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 7:43 AM
Author: 180 carnelian house



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 7:47 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle judgmental international law enforcement agency



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 8:56 AM
Author: flickering windowlicker ceo



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 9:17 AM
Author: Spectacular Azn



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 9:30 AM
Author: awkward parlour



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: Fuchsia dopamine



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 9:33 PM
Author: Electric hall



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 7:43 AM
Author: 180 carnelian house



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 7:38 AM
Author: hairraiser box office

You are not only throwing their consensus worldview into disarray but are also questioning the value of their work

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Date: June 23rd, 2025 7:44 AM
Author: 180 carnelian house



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 8:50 AM
Author: Electric hall

I love when I get to cite the statute. I get overly solicitous and offer to send it to them and read it to them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49042089)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 9:03 AM
Author: Excitant yapping church

citing the municipal code to overwrought women works for me in all sorts of situations. must be your tone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49042117)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 9:04 AM
Author: Cracking ape



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 12:11 PM
Author: Electric hall

It’s state law (cities would do the opposite) that basically says kids can walk to school by themselves if they can handle it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49042547)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 6:01 PM
Author: clear fragrant regret brunch

It “works” if it makes them lose their shit even more, because it adds to the entertainment value of the encounter and there’s nothing the Nosy Nellies can do about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49043634)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 9:06 AM
Author: Galvanic pisswyrm

Make your children wear hi-vis vests when they go out on their own and call the police every time a busybody detains your children. Eventually people in the neighborhood will accept that the kids in fluorescent vests are just allowed to walk around unsupervised.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49042123)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 12:09 PM
Author: Electric hall

Lol, that would be hilarious AND safe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49042543)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 9:25 AM
Author: Stimulating talking puppy

Under age 9 is kind of young for walking around alone imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49042160)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 9:27 AM
Author: flickering windowlicker ceo

gbti

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Date: June 23rd, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: Supple erotic bbw

You live in the wrong neighborhood. Its not just laws, it's about culture. That would never happen where we live. I see really small kids out biking in grouPs, walking their dOgs, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49042286)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 12:10 PM
Author: Electric hall

Yes, I don’t live in the suburbs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49042545)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 12:13 PM
Author: Floppy apoplectic base main people

You're a bad parent if you let your kids out of your sight before they're 18

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49042550)



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Date: June 23rd, 2025 12:16 PM
Author: Electric hall

(My neighbor)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5742139&forum_id=2Elisa#49042560)