Probably just a pretty average dad. That kid does ride the crap out of his bike though. Yla was not fabricating that gE content.
I’m no authority, but place great value in parents trusting kids to operate unsupervised.
That's real different if you have young girls. It's also different if you have kids who are reckless a.f., like totally oblivious to the world. I have one of those.
For me, I don’t think it would make much difference. I could be wrong in that assumption.
I also tend to maybe oversimplify the world as a safe place for kids, because my world (pop. 2000 North Central KS town) was basically a playground for kids of any age to do anything.
It’s gotten me into trouble as an adult. For instance dropping my 7 year old son off at the pool by himself while I ran errands (I planned to go back and join him in a couple hours). The pool here didn’t allow unsupervised kids under 9 at the pool. My kid simply left, walked to his grandmas beauty salon several blocks away, and I caught endless crap — rightfully so.
Note: I carried this confidence to explore elsewhere as well, always wandering off in malls and stores, getting “lost” and freaking my relatives out as a 12 year old wandering the streets of SF.