No, the other one.
I think the point is less about an exact age and more about how far they go without adults relative to what someone their age would be expected to IRL.
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Despite this, the trope has a immense real life folder.
No, the other one.
A lot of that can probably be cut as natter, generic examples that don't belong, or repetitions.
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So should there not be an age on the page?
No, the other one.
I don't think it's necessary.
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I zapped a lot of digression and repetition from the page and set the age to "pre-teen". It is not so strange, seeing teens out on their own. Also zapped the Real Life folder
edited 3rd Jul '14 8:56:42 AM by FastEddie
Goal: Clear, Concise and WittyI concur with remove the real life folder, but the edit reason was confusing. The major part of the examples in the folder not mentioned anything about kids getting into trouble- neither mentioned specific kids.
edited 3rd Jul '14 1:24:17 PM by MagBas
No, the other one.
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Only to be sure, this means that Free-Range Children must be put in No Real Life Examples Please?
edited 9th Jul '14 9:36:56 AM by MagBas
No, the other one.
Well, not strictly so. The ones that were there were pretty crap. But it's not a trope that should as a rule not have real life examples, the way I see it.
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Free-Range Children used to say, "A good deal of fiction features children who are between the ages of 7 and 9..." A few months ago it was changed to, "In youth fiction with protagonists under the age of 14..." and then "In youth fiction with protagonists 12 and under..." as it is now.