It is so difficult being a parent of a young one today, worrying about everything. When I was a kid I would walk to school and back before my earliest memories. Today just the thought of my young one being out of my sight scares me... Jehovah save us from this hideous predicament...
I used to walk to and from school - often got distracted along the way, climbed a tree or stopped to feed a bird some bread, etc. Once I lost my young brother at a country fair. He wandered off while I was paying for something. He wasn't very far away (about 5 or 6 feet from me) but I couldn't see him because there were folk standing between my brother and me. I panicked for about 30 seconds, trying to find him. He wasn't worried and was watching some kids on a ride.
Maybe I read too much news... Idk, but one things for sure the world where I live has changed greatly. You use to see kids playing in the neighborhood all the time. We use to roam miles from home. Not so anymore.
I can relate to that. In my neighborhood, you went home when the street lights came on. The day I lost my brother, I was in a panic because I thought he had walked off with someone.