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[conuly]

I'm not agreeing with a lot of the commentors here. Yes, every half an hour is often. But! This kid is thirteen. It's not like she's four, five years older and still being treated like a little kid.

When I was thirteen, I could, if I checked with my mom, go into Manhattan, visit the bookstore by myself. (Or go elsewhere, I suppose, though I never wanted to). I had to call before I left the house, call or drop by when I got into Manhattan, call when I got where I was going - and check in every 45 minutes or so. On a payphone.

I didn't always, since this involved having enough quarters and being able to realize how much time had passed, but I was expected to make some sort of good-faith effort to follow these simple, simple rules.

Because I didn't want my mother to think I'd been kidnapped and killed, that's why. It's just not that big a deal.

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[thetwistedsista.livejournal.com]

I'm 15, live in an alright neighbourhood and not really allowed to go to the local park on my own ((only up the road)), let alone go into town. Because of worry.
Basically-what is the chance that someone would abduct me? Not that high-so what's the fuss all about? Only because a few kids are unfortunately abducted and sometimes killed doesn't mean that children have to be nannied.
Then again, there are some strange things about. People dress their kids a bit like sluts sometimes ((or the kids themselves)) yet we worry about them being abducted? I say ditch the slutty gear! Plus there are more perverts around nowadays-there's always a big big fuss about them.