All Aboard (Not)

Actually, I take it all back. Because that?s what Amtrak has done, and I curse them for it. Children may not longer take the train alone, I discovered Monday, in a sad bit of news that has wrecked our plans for this February break and made me rue anew our hand-holding, paranoid culture. Amtrak has suddenly decided that Eli and Simon are no longer old enough to be trusted to ride the train by themselves. Never mind that they are a year older and wiser than they were last February, and never mind the nice attendants and the careful hand-offs to designated adults who present identification. Apparently, none of it is enough to keep our dear not-so-little ones safe anymore. Or maybe Amtrak just didn?t feel like dealing. In any case, for no apparent good reason they have changed the rules, which is infuriating and, as is so often the case with switch-ups like this, even worse than it would have been if we?d never had last year?s taste of freedom at all.

Source: http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=a378f71a9850bc4d5812a1a7effa5704

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