re: Why Free Play is the Best Summer School

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Are any of you comfortable letting your six year old roam the neighborhood unsupervised?

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i did. there were still huge wooded areas all around where i grew up in BR, swamps, etc. my friends and i lived outdoors. i had a fairly short leash at 6 but not by 8 or 9.

we had regular pickup football, soccer, baseball games.

i rode my bike all around BR (not so safe), we road go-carts and dirt bikes (motorized). went on Tom Sawyer adventures on the bayou.

of course, we also stole cigarettes, found dirty books and mags in the woods, ran a baseball card scam, etc. all part of growing up.

damn, no wonder i've waited so long to have kids.