The dropping arises from the combination of the laissez-faire attitude of Dutch parents along with the incredible safety of the Netherlands. I have been dropped as a child and I never considered that this was a uniquely local experience.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/world/europe/netherlands-dropping-children.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur

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