Same. We'd get lost in the woods or spend the night in them. Ride off miles on our bikes. We learned to fix them if anything went wrong. No cell phones. Parents would call around if we went missing too long 😂 We'd hop around houses to sleep or eat. It was a network really.

Very true, I have the same thoughts with mine

I think certain high profile cases made people more anxious about this sort of thing, and that's fair. But we still need to balance safety with learning and growing.

Yes growing up for us was different (and fucking badass amazing), but it really is different now. We babysat ourselves, or had baby sitters that were like 11 years old! 😅

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Did you grow up in Japan? (Wasn’t sure if you live there or a native)

I have quite the opposite.

My mother was helicoptering me. Now I try to be my mix of a real millenial mindset with baby boomer boundaries if that is understandable. I want to give them more freedom and flexibility within hard boundaries on pre-set rules.

All in all, I am a strange parent now here in Sweden, coming from Hungary. I let them explore but don't let them do dumb sht, what them from afar and expect them to behave as per my laid out rules even if I can't see them and they get a hard talk if they disobey but if they can bring up a proper argument against my judgement I am open even on the spot to change. Hard stuff, not just for me but for them. Also we are not afraid to shout to each other in public "I love you!", "I am proud of you!", "Get over here, instantly!" and "What on earth were you thinking?" sometimes with one breath. Also, family first, individual after mentality.

I treat them (currently 7 and 4) as highly intelligent wild dogs. It works fine for us so far, even with my non-verbal autistic boy.

But this is constantly evolving and soon we get to a stage when they get a gps watch so I can track and call them so can do much more on their own, of course situation-environment-age appropriateness considered.

GM! ☕ ☀️ 🫂

Bc we all got psyopped into thinking there’s a pedo around every corner and kids need a helmet to ride a tricycle

Same. And it was great!