Really grates on me how boomes (and gen X, they’re essentially the same in many parts of the country) blame us for being latchkey kids.
The parents refused to let kids wander around because they watched TV and freaked out over Dateline Specials about how any unattended child would be kidnapped and raped. Now, 20 years after the fact, they’re yelling at us like we should have lectured them on their overreaction and biked across town to shoot potatoes at school buildings w/ PVC tubes and hairspray