[Reno89519]

And would you let your kid, grand kid, or great-grand kid to that today? I recall what my parents let me do back in the 60s and 70s but wouldn’t let my kids do it. It is a very different world today.

[Nifster]

Yes I would

You are overly paranoid

[eyeamok]

I haven’t lived in a city or neighborhood where you couldn’t let your kids outside to play, I lived in Simi for over 30 years where I raised my child, but most cities are real sh^tholes and I would never even consider it in most parts of Los Angeles

[Mrs. Don-o]

Talking of the "different world" isn't accurate enough. Your kids' environment may be 15 different things in 15 different neighborhoods in the same city.

No matter where you are, child abduction by a non-family member (e.g. not a contested custody case) is exceedingly rare. And if you're in a neighborhood where the kids are in danger from street crime, they're not safe on their own front porch.

Danger? Yes: the government ideology that "we'll raise your kids, not you", "we know better than you", is the most dangerous of all.