That’s missing

[Maybo]

Does “that’s missing” refer to “the freedom”?

 

[jutfrank]

Yes.

 

[Rainy]

Yes, "that's missing" or "that's the downside".

Not a teacher.

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, @Rainy.

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I've done it for you this time.

 

[Maybo]

Does the writer mean the previous generations want to get back the freedom they used to not have? I don’t understand "that's the downside". Or do I misunderstand something?

 

[SoothingDave]

Forget about "that's the downside." That answer wasn't from a teacher.

In the good old days, kids would roam the neighborhood freely and parents didn't have a care in the world. Nowadays, parents worry about all the possible, but statistically unlikely, things that could happen to an unattended child (like kidnapping) so they tend to over-parent and never let the children have a moment without being supervised.

This attempts to give the parent some peace of mind (by being able to find a kid who is missing) while still allowing the kid to experience some freedom.

 

[jutfrank]

No, it means that children in previous generations had more freedom than they do now, and this is a way of getting some of it back.

[cross-posted]

 

[Tarheel]

The relevant phrase is: "some of the freedom previous generations had that's missing". If the question is what's missing, then what's the only possibility?

 

[Rainy]

Welcome to the forum, @Rainy.

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I've done it for you this time.

Yep, thank you. I will consider..

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes. Thank you. I will consider.. do this in future.

Please note my corrections above. Please don't use non-standard terms like "yep" on the forum.

 

[Rainy]

thank you for your corrections. I will do this in future.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you for your corrections.

Don't forget to start every sentence with a capital letter.

 

[Tarheel]

@Rainy Perhaps:

Thank you for the corrections. They will help me improve.