Which American city is best for raising free children?
With 90s-and-earlier style independence. Could it be Salt Lake City? Inspired by this:
“Utah Free Range Parenting Law […] says that letting your kids play outside, walk to school, wait briefly in the car (under some circumstances) or come home with a latchkey is not neglect unless something else seriously bad is going on.”
https://letgrow.org/state/utah/
#urbanism #WalkableCities #SaltLakeCity #SLC #Utah #parenting #childhood
This was a problem long before 9/11. I remember stranger danger being a huge thing throughout the 90s and I know the 80s had that ridiculous satanic panic thing where pedophile satanists were lurking around every corner waiting to do some hoodoo.
@lemillionsocks true. but I think 9/11 really exacerbated the problem. It seems like kids began staying indoors and at home way more in the 2000s than the 90s… of course some of that is due to video games.
I dunno I was 11 when 9/11 happened and I was living in a town just outside of NYC. There wasnt any noticeable change in kids playing outside pre and post 9/11. Anecdotal I know, but I feel like if any place would feel this big cultural shift it would be the NYC commuter belt.
One big shift I do remember seeing is a lot more families moving up from the city and outer boroughs(especially The Bronx).
You can probably compare the summer of 2001 to the 2023 and see a huge cultural shift, but I suspect if you directly compared 2001 to summer of 2002 or 2003 you’d see a much more gradual change.