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* '''Downplayed''': David and his friends are 12-13 and are seen out on adventures without adult supervision, yet their parents still know where they're going.

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David and his friends are 12-13 and are seen out on adventures without adult supervision, yet their parents still know where they're going.

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**David and his friends are in their late teens and have access to their own cars; while still minors they are nearing adulthood anyway and just shoot their parents or guardians a quick text telling them where they are.



**The areas the kids go to are considered safe by the local community and appropriate for children to go into alone.
**Its in a country or place that has a sense of trust amongst its people. Their culture encourages every adult in the area keep an eye out for the kids and help them as needed, thereby ensuring the safety of young ones.
**There are adults around in the areas they go off to who can help if needed.
**David and his friends live in an age where phones exist and they each have one. If there is any sort of danger, they can call their parents or the authorities at a moments notice.



**Its a case of *ParentalNeglect.



** David is skilled in self defense and manages to fend off his would be abductor.
** The neighborhood is tight knit enough that any adults suspected of predatory behavior are watched carefully.

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** David is skilled in self defense self-defense and manages to fend off his would be abductor.
** The neighborhood is tight knit tight-knit enough that any adults suspected of predatory behavior are watched carefully.carefully.
**Adults in the area have a culture of communal salience, where everyone is expected to at least be mindful of any nearby children and to help as needed; thereby ensuing children have age-appropriate autonomy but are overall safe and supervised.
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** The acknowledgment of InfantImmortality in their world makes the idea of creating rules and restrictions to keep kids safe seem very bizarre.

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** The acknowledgment of InfantImmortality ImprobableInfantSurvival in their world makes the idea of creating rules and restrictions to keep kids safe seem very bizarre.

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