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What terminal car-brain does to a society (reason.com)
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Mom Jailed for Letting 10-Year-Old Walk Alone to Town

"I was not panicking as I know the roads and know he is mature enough to walk there without incident," says Brittany Patterson.

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[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

MoViNg tO tHe sUbUrB/cOuNtRySiDe fOr tHe kIdS

A woman who saw him walking alongside the road—speed limit: 25 in some places, 35 in others—asked him if he was OK. He said yes.

Nevertheless, she called the police.

Traitor.

The plan (from child protective services) would also require Patterson to download an app onto her son's phone allowing for his location to be monitored.

If I were the child, I'd forget my phone at home very often. A town like that probably has a no-phone school anyways.

People don't care about children apparently. Spatial appropriation is an important aspect of childrens' development. Children cannot lobby for themselves in the same way most adult social groups can do.

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