[PleaseNoMore]

Excuse me, but 5 years old is too young to walk several blocks alone.

when I was a kid

That was then. This is now.

[SunnyUsa]

Excuse me, but 5 years old is too young to walk several blocks alone.
when I was a kid

That was then. This is now.

Very true, when I think of where I went all alone when I was a kid - I remembering riding my bike 3-4 miles from my house to a friends on fairly busy roads at like 9-10 yrs old. I walked everywhere too - it's a different time now.

I wouldn't be happy letting my 14yr old do that now, and he'd have a cell phone with him! lol