Hellobee Boards

the first times i really remember were walking to the mall from my friend's parents' apartment, which was 3/4 mile away. i think that was 5th or 6th grade. we obviously didn't have cell phones and we only brought random change with us to buy things at sanrio surprise and the sweet factory!

I definitely was biking around town and going to the park when I was 9 (I remember because that's when I got my bike). Before that I had pretty much the run of the neighborhood and would play outside from sunup until sundown.

Probably when I started to drive, lol. In all seriousness, we lived on a busy street and my parents wouldn't let me ride my bike around the block alone pretty much ever.

Probably around then as well, my friends and I would bike up to a gas station that was probably 2 miles away.

Kindergarten. I lived in the middle of nowhere and my sister and I rode bikes everywhere. It was close to mile just to catch the school bus, and we boarded horses a few miles away. So we'd have to walk there right after school to do horse chores before heading home. My mom was single for some time and didn't get home until late, so we were up to our own devices for a few years. I'd regularly go a couple miles into the woods by myself when I was in elementary school. I don't ever remember feeling in danger, but I cannot imagine letting my kid run wild the way I did.

Without PARENTAL supervision was 2nd grade - my teacher and his girlfriend took me and 2 other students to an amusement park for a day. We were his 3 best students. Could you even imagine that now???

Without any adult supervision was probably 4th or 5th grade. We would go to HersheyPark and get dropped off for a few hours with a group of friends.