[hanamizu]

Austin, TX they let little kindergarteners on city buses by themselves - What could possibly go wrong with a 5 year old alone on public transportation??

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I saw little kids—1st or 2nd grade—riding trains in Tokyo alone. Of course Japan is a different culture.

[Don W]

*I* used to cross a 4 lane major street at an uncontrolled intersection, then ride the CITY bus 4 miles, then walk 3 blocks through back alleys to get to first through third grades.

In a town known at the time as “Little Detroit”.

Coddling is putting it mildly.