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74. We don't know the route the children took. Discovery Place can be approached

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 03:18 PM

Jan 2015

from the North, South, East, and West, and each angle would show a different view. You think the parking lot view is scary. Do you think it looks so scary from the angle below?

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Discovery+Pl,+Silver+Spring,+MD+20910/@38.9948097,-77.0280221,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b7c8b97b5f350f:0x6bb02f4a5b370bee

Do you think a 10 year old can't walk safely here, either?

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Discovery+Pl,+Silver+Spring,+MD+20910/@38.9945571,-77.0280446,3a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s5WkJv-V6B6Dk2aMgEmYq1A!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b7c8b97b5f350f:0x6bb02f4a5b370bee!6m1!1e1

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Police Investigate Family for Letting Their Kids Walk Home Alone. Parents, We All Need to Fight Back [View all] Luminous Animal Jan 2015 OP

The real problem is that CPS is so inconsistent: they ignore some violence and brutality to the Wella Jan 2015 #1

You beat me to it. nt kelliekat44 Jan 2015 #60

Unmentioned in most of these reports is the irony that in Silver Springs, pnwmom Jan 2015 #2

Interesting! Thanks for your post. Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #3

The Montgomery County school district is one of the best in the country. elleng Jan 2015 #9

Did you even read their post? joeglow3 Jan 2015 #14

'Someone should be investigating the Montgomery County School district.' elleng Jan 2015 #20

This is not the precise location, as you know. The description of the path as being pnwmom Jan 2015 #39

Yup. And one of the best districts in the country thinks its A-OK pnwmom Jan 2015 #44

I have to disagree with Danielle Meitiv. blue neen Jan 2015 #4

Thanks. elleng Jan 2015 #6

Yes. Absolutely is not. HERVEPA Jan 2015 #10

Why do you believe that? jberryhill Jan 2015 #13

In reference to this story in particular, blue neen Jan 2015 #16

More people carry guns there? jberryhill Jan 2015 #18

I'm making a general guesstimate. blue neen Jan 2015 #21

What percentage increase in number of people carrying guns has there been? jberryhill Jan 2015 #23

I told you that I made a general guesstimate. blue neen Jan 2015 #24

Whether "more people carry guns" is not s matter of opinion jberryhill Jan 2015 #26

Have a nice evening. blue neen Jan 2015 #29

Thank you ! lunasun Jan 2015 #115

your guesstimate is wrong. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #42

Um, your chart only goes to 2008, so it's not really relevant. blue neen Jan 2015 #83

Check again. It goes to 2012. The space between lines represents 4 years and the chart, and line, ND-Dem Jan 2015 #100

Our representative pulled a gun on an unarmed man in a road rage incident. It's not the number jtuck004 Jan 2015 #27

Violent crimes are far below what they used to be. jberryhill Jan 2015 #31

You should have been there to tell that guy with the gun shoved in his nose. jtuck004 Jan 2015 #32

That is a completely irrational response jberryhill Jan 2015 #34

I didn't disagree that the stats are reporting crime is down, and it's disingenuous of you to say so jtuck004 Jan 2015 #36

...and therefore, streets are not safer than they used to be. jberryhill Jan 2015 #37

Children are more likely to be injured or killed driving in a car pnwmom Jan 2015 #40

I believe she is speaking specifically to the stranger danger threat to lives of children living in the U.S. Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #15

It was an interesting article. blue neen Jan 2015 #17

Violent crime is down. It just doesn't appear that way because of media coverage today. n/t pnwmom Jan 2015 #68

Thanks for the many responses. blue neen Jan 2015 #85

Thanks for your many posts. n/t pnwmom Jan 2015 #86

You are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts. nt NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #87

You're quite welcome, even though I didn't post, or pretend to post, any facts. blue neen Jan 2015 #95

You rejected an obvious and true fact as opinion. NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #96

What is highly disturbing is that you are trying to insinuate that I agree with people on the right. blue neen Jan 2015 #97

Why do you dismiss facts as opinions? NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #103

This is the intersection near where, elleng Jan 2015 #5

Mrs. Meitiv says this: blue neen Jan 2015 #8

Exactly my point, blue neen. elleng Jan 2015 #11

. blue neen Jan 2015 #12

when I was a young lad hfojvt Jan 2015 #25

Sounds like you had a great childhood. blue neen Jan 2015 #28

Walking to the high school for Friday night football games every fall. Divernan Jan 2015 #47

Looking at a scene and imagining all the possibilities for accidents... Silent3 Jan 2015 #57

I gave my opinion. blue neen Jan 2015 #84

I agree with you 100%. elleng Jan 2015 #89

I said what I said precisely because "I gave my opinion"... Silent3 Jan 2015 #92

Oh, the irony: blue neen Jan 2015 #94

What, it's "ironic" because that's my opinion about an opinion? Silent3 Jan 2015 #99

We don't know that the kids had to walk through that intersection. pnwmom Jan 2015 #67

We don't know the route the children took. Discovery Place can be approached pnwmom Jan 2015 #74

The children were driving a car? n/t kcr Jan 2015 #98

Looks like several areas in downtown Gwangju (South Korea) rpannier Jan 2015 #33

It looks like mostly a parking lot from that angle. pnwmom Jan 2015 #72

"Near" means nothing much -- assuming a parking lot is so scary. pnwmom Jan 2015 #41

So sad. My daughter knew at the age of two to stop until the walk signal came on and Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #46

Wow...not a quaint family neighborhood, Ilsa Jan 2015 #55

We don't know where the kids were walking except if was "near" Discovery Place. pnwmom Jan 2015 #70

The older kid was 10, so not a young child gollygee Jan 2015 #78

Every time one of these stories comes out (and there are so many of them now)... unrepentant progress Jan 2015 #7

My daughter actually had an argument with Chabon with his "country" vs "city" freedom Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #22

Then she and you were both misunderstanding Chabon unrepentant progress Jan 2015 #30

Actually this was several years prior to his essay and in person and he was pretty belligerent. Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #38

Ah, well that's certainly possible. unrepentant progress Jan 2015 #54

I was a free-range kid, and a latch-key kid, LWolf Jan 2015 #106

i was raised w benign neglect. i wouldnt trade it. mopinko Jan 2015 #19

I saw the effects of helicopter parenting on students when I taught BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #35

Remember the talk from the media of "latchkey kids" in the 90s? Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #43

Indeed. I was one of those so called latchkey kids in the late 60s and 70s. My dad worked all day Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #45

That was considered the norm even into the 80s.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #61

My daughter was latchkey from about the time she was eight. Blue_In_AK Jan 2015 #66

Was that back before everyone had cell phones? Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #73

It would have been in the mid-90s. Blue_In_AK Jan 2015 #80

You can see how things are even safer now.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #91

Like you, I have a few problems with the article. BlueMTexpat Jan 2015 #48

I agree with you. From what I saw on MSNBC last night, we're talking a cult, here. Paladin Jan 2015 #51

Even from just reading this story, I got the idea that BlueMTexpat Jan 2015 #53

Very well stated. Thank you. (nt) Paladin Jan 2015 #58

The kids were walking on a sidewalk, not on a road. And there were stoplights pnwmom Jan 2015 #75

I'm not going to argue the point with you. (nt) Paladin Jan 2015 #88

OMG! It is a support network to help with parenting skills and provides Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #109

The older kid was 10, and they were on a sidewalk, not in the street gollygee Jan 2015 #114

NYC kid here HockeyMom Jan 2015 #49

Idk, I would err on the side of safety. Vattel Jan 2015 #50

I'd advise that you teach her not to trust the "walking man" and to look both ways regardless Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #62

Good advice! Vattel Jan 2015 #69

I fully support the cops checking in with the kids on the street to make sure they're OK. Brickbat Jan 2015 #52

A mile would have been way too far for me to allow my kids to walk. MoonRiver Jan 2015 #56

The school district there expects 5 and 6 year olds to walk unless they live pnwmom Jan 2015 #71

I understand what you're saying, but I, personally, couldn't have done it. MoonRiver Jan 2015 #76

Both the parents are scientists and analyzed the benefit/risk calculation pnwmom Jan 2015 #82

I'm not judging them! MoonRiver Jan 2015 #90

I know you're not, MoonRiver! pnwmom Jan 2015 #93

Yes they do pnwmom! MoonRiver Jan 2015 #102

Welcome to the not so good "we know best" nanny state. ileus Jan 2015 #59

Most of the kids walked home from school when I went in the 60s. Trillo Jan 2015 #63

The boy was 10 YEARS OLD, for heaven's sake! Blue_In_AK Jan 2015 #64

At ten, I did far lengthier and complex jaunts alone or with other kids. Gormy Cuss Jan 2015 #112

"Investigate"? They threatened to murder them and kidnap their children Taitertots Jan 2015 #65

I took the city bus to a downtown school and we had a permanent walking field trip permission form TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #77

This was my playground as a child of 7 Politicalboi Jan 2015 #79

That's similar to where I lived when I was around 10 Blue_In_AK Jan 2015 #81

This was mine from the same age. Avalux Jan 2015 #101

I lived in the country, on a dirt road Chemisse Jan 2015 #104

Holy crap. cwydro Jan 2015 #105

Our society is saturated with fear. So much so, that 2 children walking down the Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #107

Very glad cwydro Jan 2015 #108

I'd love hear her reaction! It's a whole new alien world for many folks. Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #110

I already know that cwydro Jan 2015 #111

I find it interesting that all the replies so far in this thread, except one, seem to address only DebJ Jan 2015 #113

And people wonder why OrwellwasRight Jan 2015 #116

I started riding the subway alone - citywide - when I was 8. brooklynite Jan 2015 #117

I don't understand people. OrwellwasRight Jan 2015 #118

A few years ago I was watching a WWII era movie, kiva Jan 2015 #119

you can even see the change in the geography of the suburbs: MisterP Jan 2015 #120