I remember an article a few years ago where a New York City mother let her 9 year take the subway home from school. What an uproar over that one. When I was growing up in the Philadelphia area I would go to New York by train at least once a month to visit an aunt. I was 9 or 10 at the time. My aunt would meet me at train, we're go to Horn and Hardart for lunch, see a broadway play, take the subway to her house in Brooklyn. People seem to respect people more back in the day. It is a shame that respect for all people is hard to find in today's younger population.
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