[miss marmelstein]

Please, whatever you do, don’t relate that to some people on this thread. They want the little darlings coddled from birth to earth as Riff said in “West Side Story.”

Me? My mom forced me out into traffic at around 5 years of age. She had to make me a New Yorker in the only way she understood. Or she wanted me dead which is probably more accurate...

[Chgogal]

Yup, with five I walked to Hamilton School by myself. I had to cross Ashland Avenue (four lanes) without a crossing guard. You crossed when the light turned green and traffic came to a halt. As they say, “It ain't rocket science.”