Which American city is best for raising free children?

@citylife

With 90s-and-earlier style independence. Could it be Salt Lake City? Inspired by this:

“Utah Free Range Parenting Law […] says that letting your kids play outside, walk to school, wait briefly in the car (under some circumstances) or come home with a latchkey is not neglect unless something else seriously bad is going on.”

https://letgrow.org/state/utah/

#urbanism #WalkableCities #SaltLakeCity #SLC #Utah #parenting #childhood

  • lemillionsocks@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    This was a problem long before 9/11. I remember stranger danger being a huge thing throughout the 90s and I know the 80s had that ridiculous satanic panic thing where pedophile satanists were lurking around every corner waiting to do some hoodoo.

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      1 year ago

      @lemillionsocks true. but I think 9/11 really exacerbated the problem. It seems like kids began staying indoors and at home way more in the 2000s than the 90s… of course some of that is due to video games.