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Comment by bluGill

3 months ago

I want my kids to grow up in a world where they can install linux themselves. I don't want them to grow up in a world where they can't walk to a neighborhood park without me.

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SiempreViernes  3 months ago

Not sure I see the crossover between activities performed at home and problems of car centric street design and the resulting poor pedestrian traffic safety?

  • bluGill  3 months ago

    If I have to watch my kids 100% of the time they can't walk to the park.

    Nothing to do with street design - most suburbs have a park a safe walk near any house. That kids are not walking there is nothing to do with street design.

    • lcnPylGDnU4H9OF  3 months ago

      > That kids are not walking there is nothing to do with street design.

      Some state legislatures are pushing back against this. Utah passed a law in 2018 which amends the definition of neglect to exclude this kind of thing.

      https://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0065.html

        (c) "Neglect" does not include:
    [...]
    (iv) permitting a child, whose basic needs are met and who is of sufficient age and maturity to avoid harm or unreasonable risk of harm, to engage in independent activities, including:
      [...]
      (B) traveling to and from nearby commercial or recreational facilities;

      A handful of other states have followed suit. This page shows a map of states with similar laws: https://letgrow.org/states/

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  • __s  3 months ago

    https://www.businessinsider.com/mom-arrested-after-tween-wal...

    there's a general issue with rise in protectionism

    • superxpro12  3 months ago

      I am empathetic to 99% of this woman's case and the article.

      However, the ending though, really feels like they're one step away from anti-vax, anti-education, and pro-hate pro-bigotry.

      This case really feels like an over-reach. But to condemn the entire system because they have an interest in making sure the country functions and sets minimum standards of life and care is not a "bad thing". The government represents the collective decision-making of millions, hundreds-of-millions of people.

      Don't throw the baby out with the bath water because one cop (in rural Georgia of all places) over-reacted.