Your point is a little off-topic here but I understand how the thread developed (as it's loosely implied in my post). I've been vocal about this for years—not o

Your point is a little off-topic here but I understand how the thread developed (as it's loosely implied in my post). I've been vocal about this for years—not out of any deep understanding of childhood psychology but rather from my own experience as a child. Given the autonomy and freedom that I had as a kid I cannot imagine living the restrictive cloistered life as experienced by many of today's kids—it'd be just terrible. FYI, here's one of my more recent posts (I've written more to this effect in recent years): https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=32681125 https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=32681125