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Originally Posted by khalleron
And yet I didn't regard it as escapist when I was a kid - I grew up on a farm and my friends and I had both lots of responsibility and lots of freedom, just as Trixie and her friends did. It seems odd now, but that's because kids are held to be more immature than they were a generation or two ago.
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Yes, exactly. And when you go back to Little House days even more so. Laura at ten years old left in charge of the house and her little sister while her parents make a trip to town and are gone two days. Imagine! Kids can be a lot more resourceful than some people now realize.