@stuckinaredstate this is going way too far. At this age was riding my bike all over South Vancouver, going over the bridge to the main airport to watch the planes take off, at a much earlier age I was walking by myself over to my grandfather's house 4 blocks away and so on.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mom-arrested-kid-walk-alone-1.7382340

A Georgia woman was arrested late last month after her 10-year-old walked to their rural town alone, sparking a debate about whether childhood safety fears have gone too far.