Ditto, GoCubsGo, no adult supervision. Freedom, what a concept!
O Really wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 12:16 pmHere's the reprint:
Kids want the real world; we took it from them
BY LENORE SKENAZY
... A 2025 Harris poll found the majority of 8- to 12-year-olds had never walked or biked anywhere without an adult. (Contrast that with your own childhood and sigh.)
As for older kids, they’re treated like toddlers. A huge Institute for Family Studies survey just found that the majority of parents of 14-year-olds — high school freshmen — will not let them leave the block.
Sigh, as I said with my brother's family.
... You might guess that when they come home and hop on social media, they at least talk to each other online, but actually, it’s even sadder. About half the teens who feel unwelcome are turning to chatbots, according to the California Partners survey.
They use AI for friendship and advice.
Yikes. Judgement Day is nigh.
... Skenazy is president of Let Grow, a nonprofit promoting childhood independence and resilience.
I don't have much hope that Skenazy's Rxs will appear irl. Sigh.
I rode a city bus to school in the first grade, and rode my bike to school in the second. Sure, there's a context - the first grade school wasn't but a few blocks away and on the same street I caught the bus, and I'm sure my mum watched me get in the bus, but still. Imagine that now?
