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On 3/12/2024 5:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <iohvuil9lfr9ad3o32gl73jcphnspdhfgv@4ax.com>,
>   The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:07:00 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Kids would be trick-or-treating in daylight here regardless of time
>>> changes, since they start at about three in the afternoon. This is due
>>> to 'stranger danger' hysteria. And just to make sure there aren't any
>>> parents insufficiently paranoid to keep their kids inside after dark,
>>> the PD sends out a 'fact sheet' every year in the mail to make sure they
>>> know the horrors that await any parent who doesn't lock their child down
>>> indoors the moment the sun hits the waves in the west.
>>
>> Hmmm. In our area 'trick or treating' time is generally 1-2 hours
>> after sunset and most of the younger kids have parents out on the
>> street on the sidewalk with the exception of the very young.
> 
> My town is insane with the 'stranger danger' rules.
> 
> Their ridiculous hysteria over 'stranger danger' has led to the schools
> making it illegal to allow your kid to walk or bike to school. If you
> live too close to the school to qualify for bus service, you're legally
> required to drive your kid to school. This has led to some absurd cases
> where kids have faced school punishment because their parents let them
> walk to a school they literally live right next door to. The school said
> the parent has to load the kid in the car, drive him 30 yards across the
> street, and let him out again.

Are you saying the parent can't *walk* the kid the 30 yards?