Interesting article, and the posts seem to indicate that we (the preppers) had similar, ummmh, tolerant parents. Not like some I see in my neighborhood.

FYI, there is a phrase "Free Range Kids" that some parents use to advocate a more relaxed form of supervision of kids. It apparently started with a NYC Mom (Lenore Skenazy) who wrote an article about why she let her (9 year old) son (Izzy) take the NYC subway to school by himself. The reactions, as you can guess, were to say the least, mixed.

She maintains a website;
http://www.freerangekids.com/

No connection,etc., I just wonder if we are doing right by our kids. . .personally, I'm glad I grew up when I did (and survived). I think she may be on to something.