You’re really stretching this.

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.

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.

11 year old pre-teen? He’s not a baby that requires constant supervision

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.