Poll: 82 Percent of Americans Don’t Think 9-Year-Olds Should Play at the Park Unsupervised (Reason)
[T]he latest Reason-Rupe national telephone poll finds 82 percent of Americans believe the law should require children 9-years-old and younger to be supervised while playing in public parks. Just 17 percent of Americans think 9-year-olds should be able to play unsupervised at the park.
Sixty-three percent (63%) of Americans say it should also be illegal for 12-year-olds to play at a public park unsupervised too. But more than a third, 36 percent, say 12 year-olds should be allowed to play unsupervised.
Democrats and Republicans tend to agree the law should require 6-year-olds and 9-year-olds be supervised at public parks, but Republicans (73%) are 15 points more likely than Democrats (58%) to also want the law to apply to 12 year-olds as well.
Na mesma sondagem, a média das resposta à pergunta "em que idade uma criança deve poder ir e voltar da escola sem um adulto" é 12 anos (ver isto).
Uma coisa que me supreeendeu, indo aos detalhes da sondagem (XLS): eu estava à espera que as zonas rurais fossem as em que houvesse mais tendência para achar que os pais podem deixar os filhos em "autogestão" nos jardins públicos (afinal, tradicionalmente no campo as crianças andam mais à solta), mas não: são os maiores defensores que deve ser proibido as crianças brincarem sem supervisão.
[Via Leonore Skenazi]
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