This article http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-the-subway-alone/
started a fire storm and a movement- I can't imagine growing up under the bubble-wrapped constant surveillance that exists for kids nowadays. I was a dreamy child, and some of my best memories of childhood are of the worlds I created in my head while playing alone in the woods, of the long walks on the beach alone with our dog in the early morning, and of the exquisite pleasure of being allowed to ride my bike to the store alone. The idea of 'stranger danger' is so exaggerated and so pervasive in our society that we're raising an entire generation of paranoid kids afraid to go out on their own and at the same time resentful of being coddled. My mom used to send us out in the morning during the summer saying "it's a beautiful day- there will be no sitting around the house. I don't want to see you again until dinner." Bless her, she made me the woman I am.

I love them- but where will I find a wall that doesn't already have a real camera?

These are gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing, Hamish!