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It is still quite normal. Just because calling it "free range parenting" is becoming fashionable doesn't mean that most parents aren't "free range". It seems t
by horsecaptin 11y ago
It is still quite normal. Just because calling it "free range parenting" is becoming fashionable doesn't mean that most parents aren't "free range".
It seems that the more secure our society becomes, the more paranoid and risk averse people are.
- jandrese 11y agoMaybe it is the Amiga effect? All of the reasonable people are no longer complaining so the only voices you hear are the extremist ones?
- Natsu 11y agoWe're more aware of every crazy person doing crazy things in the country now, which feeds our (mis)perceptions of risk.
- Natsu 11y agoI wouldn't have thought that statement controversial, but here's a reference if there's really someone out there that doesn't think that the availability bias plays into our perception of risk: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/03/fear_and_the_av.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/03/fear_and_the_... https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2008/01/the_psychology_of_se.html https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2008/01/the_psychol...