We still knock wood. We have more science, more education. 10% of kids under age 1 would die at the turn of the century (1900), which means, everyone knew a fa

We still knock wood. We have more science, more education. 10% of kids under age 1 would die at the turn of the century (1900), which means, everyone knew a family with a child that had died, and that's traumatic. Our views of safety and risk have evolved. My grandfather, he worked in a lumber camp, the stories ... my god. We also react to it differently now. Even in our language i.e. 'I feel unsafe' or people talk about 'harm' or 'violence' with just language.