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gwd on April 20, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on...

> Fewer than 350 people under the age of 21 have been abducted by strangers in the United States per year between 2010–2017.

But 2010 is long after the end of the "free range children" era. Is that number so low because we don't let kinds go around by themselves any more?

asdff on April 20, 2022 [–]

It's only the end of the free range era among the whites. Other populations in my city have no issues letting their children range around. It's common to be on the bus and hear school aged children talking in various languages around me on the bus.

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