@Hitchslap1 Because they can tell themselves if they only had the time, they could achieve that level of athletic performance. No amount of time will bridge a cognitive gap.
@bekahj I'm probably in the same age group. I wasn't hampered by streetlights though; I came home when I chose to years old. I had a certain autonomy regardless of whether my parents were around.
@wisdomXplorer He would already know everything you thought of, so what would be the point of verbal communication? If you wished to know something he would know, assuming he wanted to provide the information he would have done so long before you could speak.