• realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubOP
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    2 days ago

    Yes but it’s not like your parents had no idea where you were and took no action to find you. This is textbook neglect, not intentional parenting.

    • Cypher@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      From school close to when the street lights came on my parents had zero idea where I was.

      I was usually within 20km of home on my bike. Usually.

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      2 days ago

      I remember biking all over as a kid. I didn’t tell my parents where I was going. Might head off into the bluffs or to the shopping center or to a friend’s house or to a convenience store or along some bike trails. I sure went further than a mile.

      And we didn’t have cell phones or whatever back then either.

      I don’t feel that I was neglected.

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      2 days ago

      It is not. Why would you need to track your almost-teen 24/7? It wouldn’t be child neglect even if the kid was 6. They’re more than old enough to go on spontaneous exploring.