when we moved from the city to the suburbs in 1993, i was 9 years old and i would take 3 public buses 40km to get home on my own. never had any issue. i often took bike rides on farm roads with friends to get to a quarry or mountain for adventure, never had any issue. what's changed since then that would make the state think that letting kids enjoy life is "dangerous" to them? could it be the flood of thirdies they've let into our countries?
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