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> it probably helps when you live somewhere with no significant crime I'm sure that helps put parents at ease, but I think even hardened criminals are very unl
by Zak 9y ago
> it probably helps when you live somewhere with no significant crime
I'm sure that helps put parents at ease, but I think even hardened criminals are very unlikely to randomly attack children. Aside from the fact that most criminals still have some level of humanity, there's not much to gain from it.
Other kids are much more likely to mistreat kids than adult criminals, but kids find ways to do that even in relatively supervised situations.
- brndnmtthws 9y agoAlso I bet a lot of hardened criminals have seen Home Alone and have great fear of children.
- Waterluvian 9y agoI would guess that criminals have kids and kids of criminals are more likely to become the bullies and thugs that follow you into the forest to beat you up and take your bike.
- goliatone 9y agoMy anecdotal experience has made me think that bullying traits in kids have little correlation with their parents being “criminals”... met plenty of bullies whose parents were “productive citizens”
- fjsolwmv 9y agoThank you for sharing your ignorant prejudice?
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