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To: Arec Barrwin

My kids walk — with me or my wife.

Sorry, it’s not safe anymore.


2 posted on 09/14/2009 7:41:54 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca
Sorry, it’s not safe anymore.

It never was. I was attacked by bullies all of the time. And even back then, there were numerous warnings about strangers offering candy.

I'd be about as likely to let a kid walk to school today in the same town I did. I would just make sure the kid had pepper spray and some pretty specific instructions about what to do if.
26 posted on 09/14/2009 7:54:34 AM PDT by mysterio
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To: Jewbacca

In our city of 2.2 miles, the parents had to fight to keep crossing guards for the kids.

I’m a homeschooling mom and fought with them. We have no sidewalks and people drive like maniacs. AND we’ve had a couple kids approached by “adults”.

If my kids walked to the school, I’d be walking with them.


27 posted on 09/14/2009 7:55:21 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: Jewbacca
She lives only a block and a half from school. Yet she walks by older children waiting with parents for buses to the same school.

Okay, so a parent waits with the child at the bus stop rather than just walking with them a block and a half? This really doesn't make any sense and sounds like an exaggeration, a hallmark of a poorly thought-out non-story.

42 posted on 09/14/2009 8:03:34 AM PDT by Stingray51
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To: Jewbacca
Sorry, it’s not safe anymore.

I don't know about that. I'm of the opinion that there were just as many pervs back in the sixties and seventies (when I grew up) as there are now. The difference is that nowadays kids have been better educated about reporting it. It's kinda like all the female teachers being involved with their underage students. It was going on back then too, but when it happened, the teacher was quietly relocated to another school.

202 posted on 09/14/2009 10:52:58 AM PDT by acad1228 (Palin / Watts in 2012!!!)
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