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I have to think there is also a good middle ground here - I also remember a LOT of kids getting pretty seriously injured and if you look at the numbers deaths w

I have to think there is also a good middle ground here - I also remember a LOT of kids getting pretty seriously injured and if you look at the numbers deaths were definitely higher. Most of that is attributed I believe to vehicle safety (which has obviously improved) but I am not sure we should remember being a complete latch key kid too romantically. I do feel bad for the youth of today though - I feel like I really got the very last childhood that was not inundated with social media and increased anxiety while still being just young enough to understand all the latest tech.

inanutshellus 4y ago
Which brings us to the apparently-answered question of which is better: A life in which a child is perfectly safe but steeped in micro-risk-aversion, or one that can and will have negative consequences?
- Melatonic 4y ago
  Like I said - easy middleground. If you live in a safe city let you kids go and do their thing on bikes or whatever. But make sure you provide them with a good helmet and that they actually want to use it.