Walked 4 miles from a semi-rural location on the edge of a university city to the elementary school in town and back, rain or shine, at the age of 7. Walked, rode a bicycle, picked up groceries, delivered 5 daily newspapers, rode a horse, drove a sulky, camped, hunted, and fished out to a radius of 12 miles from a village with a population of 700 at age 9 and older. Sometimes carried a rifle when doing so, and waved hello to the state police as they drove by. Can’t do that now....
I wasn’t roaming around that much.
Some of my comments are related to a woman’s sister I observed. Here was this five year old roaming the neighborhood all day long.
Where do we expect kids to get direction from, if their parents which are home, don’t engage.
BTW: The woman I was dating had been lured inside a neighborhood home by an old guy. He tried to make some moves, but luckily she got away.