Not really a young child, but in my late teens my parents told me I had no curfew.

Their only rule was, lock the front door when you get back, and let one of them know I was home, even really late.

I would leave at 8pm in my truck, drive to pick up my friends, then hit various late night stops like Dairy Queen, Subway, Denny's, etc. My friends and I would spend like an hour or two at each place, chilling, playing cards, eating snacks, chatting, and then go hit the next place.

Often we would all find some random parking lot and just chill there chatting and listening to music. I would frequently get back at 2-3am.

Many gen-Z kids don't even drive. My spouse's youngest sister is 20 and doesn't have a drivers license. She hardly hangs out with her friends in person at all, same with most of them. They all just game together on Discord. I was a pretty mild mannered kid when I was that age, but they make me seem like a wild west bandit lol.

Also sleepovers apparently aren't a thing any more?? A ton of parents are totally against them. I guess I kind of get it. Idk, I used to have sleepovers all the time with my friends. Pretty much everybody's birthday party was a sleepover from age 13-17. I remember staying up super late, playing GameCube/XBox, playing truth or dare, and stuffing ourselves with candy and soda, super fun memories.