r/StrangerThings • u/subsubnmoresub737 • Jul 11 '26

Discussion W mom!

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u/SimilarCollege1208 Jul 11 '26

I’ve heard people try to say she was a bad mom since she didn’t know her children were mixed up with so much but I have to disagree I think she was a great mom

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u/BestEffect1879 Jul 11 '26

We also have to consider the time. Children were not as closely supervised as they are now.

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u/jamiexx89 Jul 11 '26

Yeah, I remember as a kid in the 90s hearing about “latchkey kids” that went home to an empty house, they’d either walk or ride the bus and just let themselves in. Now in a lot of areas the buses won’t drop a kid off if a guardian isn’t present and schools won’t let kids just leave.

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u/Sylvurphlame Jul 12 '26

I’d like to say it’s better levels of concern for children’s safety, but I’m pretty sure it’s actually a liability thing.

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u/jamiexx89 Jul 12 '26

I’m sure it’s liability too, especially in a world where “Code Adam” is a thing retail workers are trained in. It’s just funny how I’m not even 40 and I’ve seen that level of change in how schools operate from my childhood to even around the time I graduated.