Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone 
"Anyway, for weeks my boy had been begging for me to please leave him somewhere, anywhere, and let him try to figure out how to get home on his own. So on that sunny Sunday I gave him a subway map, a MetroCard, a $20 bill, and several quarters, just in case he had to make a call."
http://www.nysun.com/editorials/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-subway-alone
"Anyway, for weeks my boy had been begging for me to please leave him somewhere, anywhere, and let him try to figure out how to get home on his own. So on that sunny Sunday I gave him a subway map, a MetroCard, a $20 bill, and several quarters, just in case he had to make a call."
http://www.nysun.com/editorials/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-subway-alone
