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From the article: > While some psychologists — and many parents — have worried that a child who suffered a bad fall would develop a fear of heights, studies ha
by chimprich 4y ago
From the article:
> While some psychologists — and many parents — have worried that a child who suffered a bad fall would develop a fear of heights, studies have shown the opposite pattern: A child who’s hurt in a fall before the age of 9 is less likely as a teenager to have a fear of heights.
This feels like they have the correlation/causation backwards. I suspect people who don't have so much of a built-in fear of heights are more likely to be hurt in falls from height.
- HillBates 4y ago
- HillBates 4y ago
- motoboi 4y agoThe whole “we should give kids a tougher time” idea today totally misses the most important part: we should be prepared for the death of some kids. “Oh, but if that was so dangerous, people would have changed that”. People change that. And as a reminder of how human beings think about statistics, the guy who tried to get people to use bicycles helmets was almost banned from the bicycle competition world.