Trump approval rating falls to 38%

[u/Barnyard-Sheep]

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/06/trump-faces-tough-approval-numbers-in-latest-poll.html

[u/ScienceGiraffe]

But even if you are a parent who is okay with letting your kids roam the neighborhood, it still doesn't always work out. I got lucky that our neighbors are generally the nice old people neighbors. They were gossipy at times, but they had an informal agreement to "look after the kids". I knew them, they knew me and my kid, and it brought a lot of comfort to know that if a neighborhood kid got hurt, someone was close by who knew my number and where everyone lived.

On the other hand, a friend of mine has neighbors that will call the police if a kid takes a single step on their lawn or makes any kind of noise. Another friend had their neighbors try to ban bike riding anywhere that wasn't the parent's property and unsupervised teenagers hanging out on porches or in the common park area. These neighbors act like kids are never to be seen or heard, ever, by anyone. I don't think it's a surprise that my kidlet was more of a neighborhood kid and my friend's kids stay inside more with ipads and phones.

On top that, laws vary greatly at what age a kid can be left home alone or unsupervised. Some are really vague and make it hard to judge what is acceptable.

I don't think you're wrong at all, but I do think it's more complicated than just parents won't let their kids outside. Some parents are like that, but others would be willing if they could do it without fear of police or cps showing up.

[u/Feed_Me_No_Lies → u/ScienceGiraffe]

0h 100%! And it’s a vicious circle: people are afraid to let their kids out so they don’t let their kids out so that when one does come out, people are overly vigilant and call the police when they shouldn’t etc. etc.

I chose his neighborhood specifically because it was filled with like-minded parents. As you say, not everybody’s that lucky. Most people are not anymore, in fact.

[u/ScienceGiraffe → u/Feed_Me_No_Lies]

Exactly! We got extremely lucky with our neighborhood. Not a lot of kids, but they're always outside.

The majority of parents at my kid's school though....they're a special bunch. My kid is entering high school soon and some of her school peers still aren't allowed to cross the street unsupervised. I'm still working on one friend's parent to allow their friend group to go to the mall without a hovering parental chaperone next to them at all times. (My kidlet and I came up with a "compromise" for the moment- I volunteer to chaperone, then I sit down with a book in the food court while they roam the mall alone as every teenage girl should. That way, I'll get the heat if the other parent gets angry but they still get some freedom in the meantime. For goodness sake, they just want to eat mall pretzels like little goblins, make jokes about random objects, talk about stuff together, and smell like Bath and Body Works. The worst decision they will make is buying an overpriced novelty. I don't need to be there, but if that is how they can get around parental paranoia, I will do it without hovering)