Trusting your children
Free Range Kids
It's common for kids to go to school or the playground by themselves in Switzerland and other wealthy, industrialised countries like Germany, Japan and the Netherlands. That's a striking contrast to some other countries, notably the United States, which just recently passed a federal law to give parents and kids more independence.
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