Water from the hose, fanny packs and endless roaming as long as the streetlights are on?

Yes, please, say some parents.

Giving kids a “feral child summer” — also being tabbed as a “’90s summer” — is the latest parenting trend making the rounds online as overworked moms and dads are trading day camps for the memory of carefree summers fuelled by Kool-Aid and Dunkaroos.

While some parents see the fad as unrealistic in a time of increased gun violence, extreme weather and online distractions, others are throwing structure to the wind in favour of no-limit couch time and exploring the outdoors unsupervised.

Brooklyn’s Eric Katzman, 46, told the he is trying to let his kids embrace the freewheeling ’90s spirit .

“We roamed, went to the candy store, the fro-yo place, but we always knew to

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