Yeah interesting story, I remember those days when I went to roam around out in the woods myself, and it's interesting you were talking about a leopard, and I firmly remember in Arkansas when we lived Out in the Country, out in the woods we would hear what was referred to as a black panther and that Panther would scream like a woman in distress, it was very odd. The story that you brought up made me remember that, and i'll never forget it I remember seeing the leopard one time just crossing the the field and in the dark, but anyway it was very interesting and yeah. I completely agree with this it seems like those days are gone where your kids can just kind of roam around I mean sure they can roam around in the neighborhood a little bit but for the most part you're not going to leave your child unattended and not know where they are, not like the good old days so to speak. But thank you for your story I really thought it was quite interesting and yes we need to be careful these days thanks for the reference also to the site. @finnian
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Thanks! Yes, I wouldn't dream of letting my children freely roam as I did. It's just not a risk I'm willing to take. It's worse because I'm a PI too. My spouse has enemies as well from putting people in prison as a witness against them. I've been a witness against people as well. They did the crime, so I'm not responsible for ruining their lives. Still, I have to wonder if one of those people may seek revenge one day.
I live in a pretty crowded suburban neighborhood. There are tons of different families with young children. Of them all though, there's only a single family that lets their children roam free. That family doesn't give a crap about their kids though, so maybe they don't care if they go missing or get hurt? I'm not sure but will never understand it. We let our children play, but an adult has to be present. It doesn't have to be me or my spouse either.
It just has to be a neighbor we trust who'll actually be watching them.
When I was around 8 years old though, I would be gone all evening after school. We had a rule to be home before dark. That was it. I roamed all over on my own. That's not going to happen with my middle son of the same age. Nope. Never.