Comment on Turns out Boomers did have participation trophies

• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Meanwhile six year olds in Japan take the train and/or subway to school all alone, 12 year olds in vietnam ride electric scooters on 60 kph roads to get to school, and I met a chinese 16 year old crossing vietnam by motorbike all by himself.

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  • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t worry, europe has the same problem but with fatbikes.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    All of these things happen in the US too. This country is massive and incredibly varied.

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    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m american lol no the fuck you don’t see 6 year olds taking public transit by themselves.

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      • fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That school’s awful

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• radiofreebc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My brother and i weren’t allowed inside the house if it was a nice day outside.

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  • Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My parents did that to me as well until one day when I was like 6. I kept trying to get inside to cool off and my mom kept telling me it was too nice out to be indoors until eventually I threw up and passed out.

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• DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Heard a teacher talking about fifth graders [about 11 years old] who were asking her to tie their shoes.

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• TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah sadly my wife was pretty anxious about our kids being out unattended, I ended up having to get a gps device for my youngest so that he could be the little extrovert that he is. I blame the news for all the panic.

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  • DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-do-nothing-with-nobody-all-alone-by-yourself-a-timeless-activity-guide-to-self-reliant-play-and-joyful-solitude-robert-paul-smith/fdef205eb5d3a604

    How To Do Nothing With No One All Alone By Yourself.

    Great book for a kid.

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    • TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hmm that might’ve been useful, but my last one is full grown now. Just glad he was able to be an urban explorer like I was back then

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• zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wouldn’t want to have gen X or millenials as parents, boomers were bad enough.

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