Oh. Yeah.

I worry about what kind of world my kid is growing up in. It's sad that the idea of a neighborhood like I grew up in just doesn't seem to exist anymore- the moms all knew each other and you knew where your friends were by where all the bikes are piled up. We could run around on our own without fear of being kidnapped. Hell, even our dogs and cats ran loose. They came and went as they pleased and everyone in the neighborhood knew our animals.

Now? I wouldn't dream of letting my daughter run off on her own like that. I was able to last spring when my dad briefly lived in Tennessee, but the RV park he lived in was totally enclosed, and the people who work there were really good about keeping an eye on things. My sister nearly had a heart attack, but P was totally fine.