British children are 3 times more likely than Dutch children to be obese. A British journalist explains why

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British children are 3 times more likely than Dutch children to be obese. A British journalist explains why - Feddit UK

Lemmy

Weird thing is that many American kids no longer do this in the suburbs, and it used to be very very common 30+ years ago.

I imagine that is a combo of helicopter parenting + American roads becoming less safe.

Of course kids can’t go bike riding because they are not allowed to be outside your sight.

cnn.com/…/mother-arrested-missing-son-georgia-cec

A boy in north Georgia went for a walk down the road. It landed his mother in jail

In rural Georgia, a 10-year-old boy left home and walked a mile down the road to another town, where a concerned citizen called law enforcement. Deputies then arrested the boy’s mother, igniting a debate about parental rights and potential government overreach.

CNN