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Apr. 11th, 2008 08:03 amHome with sick bunny (non-contagious so far as I know, just fever). Ack.
Apr. 11th, 2008
Travel Questions
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altfriday5:
1. How old were you when you started walking or biking to some places (e.g. school or a friend's place) on your own? What were the circumstances?
When I was ten, I successfully agitated to be allowed to ride my bicycle to the public library on Saturdays. There was a specific route that it was agreed I would take, and I was not allowed to bike by myself if it rained.
I was a very grumpy child on rainy Saturdays.
2. How old were you when you started taking public transit on your own? What were the circumstances?
Nineteen. There was no public transit worth mentioning in my hometown, or I'm sure it would have been earlier - I wasn't forbidden, but there was no opportunity.
3. How old were you when you first took a long-distance trip (unaccompanied on the bus, train, or plane, even if you were met at your destination) on your own? What were the circumstances?
How young do the airlines let you fly unaccompanied? Five? Seven? I remember being quite young, and very excited to take the plane to see my grandparents without my folks along.
4. This set of questions was inspired by a news story about a woman leaving her nine-year-old in downtown Manhattan to find his own way home on transit and the controversy it caused (http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/04/07/is-9-too-young-to-ride-the-nyc-subway-alone/). What's your reaction to this story?
The trip was obviously well within the child's capacity to handle, and his mother obviously correctly identified that fact.
5. At what age would or did you let your kids (hypothetical kids, if you don't have them) do those things where you live now?
I haven't figured that out yet, but probably sometime in the 11-13 year old range. I will probably insist the kid carry a cell phone.
altfriday5:1. How old were you when you started walking or biking to some places (e.g. school or a friend's place) on your own? What were the circumstances?
When I was ten, I successfully agitated to be allowed to ride my bicycle to the public library on Saturdays. There was a specific route that it was agreed I would take, and I was not allowed to bike by myself if it rained.
I was a very grumpy child on rainy Saturdays.
2. How old were you when you started taking public transit on your own? What were the circumstances?
Nineteen. There was no public transit worth mentioning in my hometown, or I'm sure it would have been earlier - I wasn't forbidden, but there was no opportunity.
3. How old were you when you first took a long-distance trip (unaccompanied on the bus, train, or plane, even if you were met at your destination) on your own? What were the circumstances?
How young do the airlines let you fly unaccompanied? Five? Seven? I remember being quite young, and very excited to take the plane to see my grandparents without my folks along.
4. This set of questions was inspired by a news story about a woman leaving her nine-year-old in downtown Manhattan to find his own way home on transit and the controversy it caused (http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/04/07/is-9-too-young-to-ride-the-nyc-subway-alone/). What's your reaction to this story?
The trip was obviously well within the child's capacity to handle, and his mother obviously correctly identified that fact.
5. At what age would or did you let your kids (hypothetical kids, if you don't have them) do those things where you live now?
I haven't figured that out yet, but probably sometime in the 11-13 year old range. I will probably insist the kid carry a cell phone.