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Studies show Dutch children are more independent and less likely to be obese than other children. This is one of the reasons why (cdn.imgchest.com)

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[–] DireTech@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Obviously friends their age would depend on neighborhood demographics.

However, in the US many of them are not able to bike to a playground or school and anything beyond their street could be a high speed road. I’d say only a small percentage can bike to the places you mentioned, especially after elementary age. Some areas of the US are good, but I doubt more than a tiny fraction of the kids in places like Texas could do that.

We specifically moved because our old neighborhood lacked all 3 and I didn’t want my kids growing up the way I did.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

However, in the US many of them are not able to bike to a playground or school

I find it infuriating that in some places there you can't even let your kid walk to school alone.

[–] JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

It's the result of decades of USAmerican propaganda, we're left with a very fractured community system full of in groups and out groups and people terrified of or fighting with their neighbors and delivery services where people have literally paid someone to come to their door are high risk jobs.

Ironically, in the neighborhoods I've lived in, it was the lower income ones where kids roamed more freely because some parents had no other options than trusting their kid to walk alone. But their presence also created more safety from herd protection.