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Where Do the Children Play?
(unpublishablepapers.substack.com)
Declining childhood independence over the years (%):
Driven less by internet brainrot, and more by media "stranger danger" as well as loss of wild spaces near homes for kids to roam and explore unaccompanied by an adult
The whole article is worth a read
I also question the use of "alone"... Like if 5 kids of age 12 walk to the store is that "alone"?
It's up to the adult answering the question. I would say that alone is alone.