Thread: How children lost the right to roam in four generations
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Old 18-06-2007, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by GordonUK View Post
Is New Zealand my answer??
In respect of this subject, probably yes. Although I'm not naive or arrogant enough to suggest that kids are 100% safe here, 100% of the time, it does seem in general that kids are safer and also more 'valued' here - rather than an inconvenience, it's 'these are our people of the future, let's respect them and give them a chance to grow up as decent human beings'. Now, while I would never let my 7 year old daughter go off on her own, she is allowed to have a wander around a nearby toy-shop or walk a little way down the road to call for her friend - something I would never have allowed her to do in the UK for various reasons.

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