Is it responsible for a parent to let a 12-year-old child ride the NYC subway alone?

Yes

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  by Natalie Delia

  Created on: July 18, 2009

  I grew up in New York and it was perfectly acceptable to ride the subway at 12. I was 12 in 1992, if

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  by Jennifer Bioche

  Created on: December 11, 2009   Last Updated: December 12, 2009

  As a mother of four, ages 15 to 5, I've debated "The Safety Dance" with many a mom on this issue, So

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  by Daniel Symanzik

  Created on: August 07, 2009   Last Updated: August 08, 2009

  Parents in the United States are wimps. And so are the kids. Over the past century, parents of the USA

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  by Chris Travers

  Created on: September 06, 2009

  The question at had is "Is it responsible for a parent to let a 12-year-old child ride the NYC subway

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  by Jenny Tolley

  Created on: July 13, 2009   Last Updated: March 20, 2010

  Yes, I do think it's responsible for a parent to allow a 12-year-old child ride the New York City subway

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  by Victor Preuninger

  Created on: December 15, 2009   Last Updated: December 19, 2009

  I am always surprised at the degree of negativity the world seems to direct toward the people of

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  by Ann Block

  Created on: November 12, 2009

  The funny thing is... I was going to vote "no" and was prepared to argue the side of parental irresponsibility

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  by Megan O'Brian

  Created on: July 19, 2009   Last Updated: October 29, 2009

  I won't be the judge and jury and say "no it's not responsible if a parent allows a 12 year old child

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  by Tom Yee

  Created on: April 22, 2010   Last Updated: April 23, 2010

  If the decision is made responsibly, then why not let your pre-adolescent child ride the subway alone? 

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  by Carrie Eckles

  Created on: July 08, 2009   Last Updated: July 10, 2009

  It's perfectly acceptable for a parent to allow their twelve-year-old to ride the New York subway alone.

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  by Belinda Long

  Created on: July 14, 2009   Last Updated: November 04, 2009

  We live in a dangerous world. Our children are growing up in a dangerous society. Some day, they will

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  by Michelle B. Smith

  Created on: July 08, 2009   Last Updated: November 03, 2009

  Being born and raised in the city of brotherly love I have had my share of lunatics and scary situations.

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  by Leslie Trotter

  Created on: July 13, 2009   Last Updated: July 16, 2009

  Is it responsible to for a parent to let a 12 year old ride the NYC subway alone?

  These are unsafe

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  by Barbara Combs Williams

  Created on: July 11, 2009   Last Updated: July 17, 2009

  Knowing when to let your children take on adult responsibilities is one of the most difficult challenges

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  by Paul Roberts

  Created on: July 09, 2009

  It would seem to many I suppose a sign of parent irresponsibility, a 12 year old child unescorted on

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  by Charlene Thomas

  Created on: July 06, 2009

  As a native of New Yorker, I must speak on behalf of all the "latch-key" kids who have used public