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In article <17bc215e244586a7$46$3121036$c0d58a68@news.newsdemon.com>,
 moviePig <never@nothere.com> wrote:

> 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?

They want the kids dropped off in a vehicle by a 'responsible adult', so 
yes, I would assume that prohibits parental walking as well.

This from a city that's anti-car in every other respect and which we're 
constantly having to fight to keep from turning all our roads into bike 
lanes. The governmental schizophrenia is amazing to behold.