I remember being allowed to walk the street at nights with friends, now I see parents driving their kids everywhere because of the evil pedophiles.
I remember going camping for a week with three friends when we were 13 - packing our own stuff (food, etc), catching the train for four hours, walking an hour or so to the camp site, and staying there for a week. No cell phones and with no way to be contacted at all. I suspect the parents would be thrown in jail today...
I had to reply. I went camping with 6 other boys when I was 12; we lived in a Winnebago for a week in a trailer park. We also roamed around and played at other kid's houses after dark in our neighbourhood, without constant parental surveillance. You're right: I'm afraid about letting my 10 year old daughter do the same things, not because she'll get into trouble, but because other adults will report me to child services.
Dynamically binding, you realize the magic. Statically binding, you see only the hierarchy.
