• @Leeks
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    1359 days ago

    Based on the safety plan including “installing a location tracking app on the child’s phone”, the kid has a phone and could easily call for help or be called if there was a concern.

    Children used to ride bikes much farther then a mile without even a quarter in their pocket to pay for a phone call.

    • @BarbudoGrande
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      759 days ago

      Never needed money when you could call collect and when prompted for a name you gave a speedy, “mom pick me up at the mall!!” And of course she’d decline the call.

        • @DogWater
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          78 days ago

          Man I had to explain this to my fiance about a month ago. It popped in my head after being dormant for 20 years and I was just saying it out loud around her. Glad someone else out there still remembers