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5 Kids 1 Condo
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5 Kids 1 Condo is a personal blog at 5kids1condo.com about culture and politics. Since 2016, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Kids' Independence”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (10) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a Vancouver parent's blog about his five kids in a condo and his legal fight with child welfare authorities over them riding transit and playing unsupervised, with case updates.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 10 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Urbanism, minimalism and technology with 5 kids.
Most-linked posts?
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-07-25
- How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Kids' Independence2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-09-06
- /we-won-common-sense-prevails-in-bus-dad-case/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-10-13
- /we-won-common-sense-prevails-in-bus-dad-case/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-10-12
- Don’t pay for 95% (2016)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-10-12
What Hacker News says?
I don't know if this is the article you're thinking of - it is a similar situation with a family in Vancouver, BC that I believe was discussed here recently: http://5kids1condo.com/very-superstitious-how-fact-free-pare...
Comment linking /very-superstitious-how-fact-free-parenting-policies-rob-our-kids-of-independence/
on “In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands alone (2015)”Submitted Don’t pay for 95% (2016) as a story · 282 points
HN discussionUpdate on the above case: upon appeal, they won their case, according to http://5kids1condo.com/we-won-common-sense-prevails-in-bus-d...
Comment linking /we-won-common-sense-prevails-in-bus-dad-case/
on “Don’t pay for 95% (2016)”Submitted How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Kids' Independence as a story · 180 points
HN discussionIt's funny you ask; the person who runs the linked submission actually got told in 2017 that they had to keep their kids under constant supervision until they were 10, after an anonymous tip that they were letting their kids ride the bus unsupervised. They recently lost a legal battle but are continuing to appeal. http://5kids1condo.com/i-took-the-government-to-court-for-ki...
Comment linking /i-took-the-government-to-court-for-kids-independence-i-lost-for-now/
on “Don’t pay for 95% (2016)”Submitted Don’t Pay for 95% (2016) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionYou don't see it in the news that much, but you get phone calls because nosy neighbour reports an unattended kid outside. Law in some places say that children have to be supervised until 12, etc. The phone calls create a chilling effect as parents tell other parents. So if you even want to avoid the helicopter parent trend, society forces you to be their chauffeur. So no, kids don't get taken away immediately, but t…
Comment linking /we-won-common-sense-prevails-in-bus-dad-case/
on “Don’t pay for 95% (2016)”Are you doing something similar like the http://5kids1condo.com/ guy is? With shared bedrooms and such?
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on “Teens Aren’t Partying Anymore”> a Vancouver parent that was "fighting police for the right to send his kids to school alone on public transit" or something. It's true (although it wasn't the police but rather the Ministry of Children & Family Development). It was a big local story. Fortunately he won. http://5kids1condo.com/we-won-common-sense-prevails-in-bus-d...
Comment linking /we-won-common-sense-prevails-in-bus-dad-case/
on “Arizona Mom Fights Abusive Prosecution by Department of Child Safety”I have numerous friends with several children and who live in a condo. Hell, the Mayor of New Westminster moved _out_ of his house and into a condo; he has three daughters. As usual, there's a Vancouver blog for this[0]. 0: http://5kids1condo.com/
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on “British Columbia to target foreign real estate buyers with new tax”Absolutely! I definitely feel for the plight of those making <$80k or so here. But if you make more than that, I can't bring myself to have too much sympathy. You can afford a 2br apartment, to max your 401k, to feed and clothe yourself, and to take a few decent vacations a year, which is more than most Americans get. Separate bedrooms are not a human right, especially for children. Hell, my brothers and I slept in…
Comment linking /
on “A Silicon Valley down payment could buy you an entire house in much of the U.S”Kick your kids out of the house, sure. Tell them to go play in the yard, and then you'll get charged with a felony. https://reason.com/2015/06/11/11-year-old-boy-played-in-his-... Oh, but the parents weren't home that time, okay. Even though I was walking home from school or to my grandmother's house well before I turned 11. Okay, well, just send them into the back yard to play, where they'll be safe and you can wat…
Comment linking /we-won-common-sense-prevails-in-bus-dad-case/
on “Children Are Lonelier Than Ever. Can Anything Be Done?”Are you familiar with https://5kids1condo.com/ ? I'm also from abroad and live in metro Vancouver, also have kids. Are you in Vancouver proper or the burbs? I'm pretty frustrated with walkability here, but Vancouver proper is just too expensive.
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on “Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community design”
