I walked to kindergarten alone at age 5, in the US. In the 1970s, when there was much more crime than there is today. I mostly blame cable news for helicopter

I walked to kindergarten alone at age 5, in the US. In the 1970s, when there was much more crime than there is today. I mostly blame cable news for helicopter parenting. The data shows that there is much less violent crime than there was 40 years ago, but when something bad does happen and cable news jumps all over the story, it creates a false impression of the world being a very dangerous place.