Actually not far from me there was a kid who was taken and no I would not let them out at aged 6 by themselves after dark at a park where I can’t see them.
Hell I don’t even let two of my kids leave this street and they are much older than 6 and they do not certainly stay out after dark.
Parents should be parents and know where their 6 years old kid is at all times.
If this was a kid in the ghetto and then was killed by a gang banger by accident would you still be saying parents need to relax or saying where were the parents?
No, I agree that six is too young
With daylight savings time, sunset is at 8 PM. As a kid, I would run out an play after dinner when the Spring brought longer daylight hours. I don’t think we had daylight savings time back then.
When I was 6, I walked down the road one mile to catch the bus. The bus would travel 12 miles to the closest Catholic School. I would get off the bus at 7:45 AM and walk 6 blocks to the school where I would attend morning mass. It was quite a routine, but my parents expected it because their childhood was even harder.
That summer, when I had just turned 7, I camped out in the back yard. That morning, I built a campfire, brought a fry pan, butter, eggs and bacon out from the kitchen and made scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast. Today, a nosy neighbor would have called the fire department.