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breezybottom 27 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave th...

What data measures "childhood freedom"? That sounds more like conjecture.

swiftcoder 27 days ago [–]

You can lookup the studies on loss of 3rd spaces and the relation to mental health in adolescents (and adults, albeit to a lesser degree). This is pretty well-trod science

breezybottom 27 days ago | [–]

Well trod doesn't mean good. Social science is notorious for bunk. How many can actually support a causal relationship?

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