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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 60 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

I wonder if children walking home from school are now a problem? That was like my main source of exercise.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

It's not. My 10 year old did it for some of last year. His teachers and principal supported it.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 10 hours ago

There's a town near me where the school is technically on a state highway. Any student who walks to school gets instantly suspended for the day for walking on a highway. In the last few years they started building a nice big sidewalk connecting to the actual town streets so that kids can legally walk to school, but it is pretty bonkers that that school is so far from where kids should be walking or biking

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 33 points 21 hours ago

My theory is that it's paranoia born out of how the media handles crime, and how isolating suburbia is.