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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I remember the day before the first day of school, my mom walked me to and from the school so I would know the path, every other day I walked myself to school, across a railroad and several blocks.

At 10 I was allowed to bike to and from school ( school rule)

Sweden is great

I was so salty when I lived 50m too close to the school and wasn't "allowed" to bicycle to the school haha. After a couple of years, I realized that nobody is going to punish me, or care, if I used a bicycle.

[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I took a bike to school from age 6 onward in the USA in the 90’s. It was pretty normal, too, lots of my peers would ride their bikes in from ages 6-13. It’s really weird how quickly this shifted in the USA, IMO.