A little while ago there was quite the bru-ha-ha on social medea over so-called "free-range parenting." Being too clever to actually read the articles and rants, I don't know much about the details, but I did see someone's brief rant about neighborhoods and all adults taking responsibility for all children, or something like that. I agree with the bit of that philosophy that I remember.
For example, I passed three children standing outside of the nursery school this morning. A boy who looked to be about nine and a girl who looked to be about seven were trying to drop off their three-year-old sister, but the gate was locked. I was late dropping off BSM, myself, but I couldn't just walk on! So I tried calling the number over the gate, but there was no answer. I tried pushing the button on the call box, but that wasn't working. So I did the only responsible thing I could: following the seven-year-old's instructions, I helped the kids break into the nursery school. Just doing my civic duty.
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