Yeah, it really has gotten ridiculous. I inadvertently set off quite the little controversy on our city's FB page when my youngest was in maybe 1st grade by letting her walk to school. Two blocks, 25mph speed limits, only one residential street to cross at a stop sign, and I kept an eye on her until she was across that street. Someone posted in our city group that they thought about calling the police because they saw a young child walking alone. At 8am. In May. In a town with no actual crime to speak of. And it turned into a big debate between the "kids should never be unsupervised" and "in my day, we walked uphill both ways in sub-zero temps" camp that was absolutely hilarious to watch. Better than even the Karen-est of DIS threads.