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Yes but it's not like your parents had no idea where you were and took no action to find you. This is textbook neglect, not intentional parenting.
From school close to when the street lights came on my parents had zero idea where I was.
I was usually within 20km of home on my bike. Usually.
11 year old pre-teen? He's not a baby that requires constant supervision
It is not. Why would you need to track your almost-teen 24/7? It wouldn't be child neglect even if the kid was 6. They're more than old enough to go on spontaneous exploring.
I remember biking all over as a kid. I didn't tell my parents where I was going. Might head off into the bluffs or to the shopping center or to a friend's house or to a convenience store or along some bike trails. I sure went further than a mile.
And we didn't have cell phones or whatever back then either.
I don't feel that I was neglected.
You're really stretching this.