Do you think it's OK to let children play outside by themselves?

Do you think it's OK to let children play outside by themselves?
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Yes, but I’m only going off my experience: we ran around the neighborhood and never had any near-misses. We even played hide and seek at night in a cul-de-sack. I wasn’t hit by a car or molested, either.
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