Our parents got through the Cold War with "drop, tuck and roll," just fine. Plenty of British kids got through WWII with air-raids every other day. The more w

Our parents got through the Cold War with "drop, tuck and roll," just fine. Plenty of British kids got through WWII with air-raids every other day. The more we treat children like fragile little eggs, the less able they will be to carry the torch. Who said that children shouldn't be anxious? Was there ever a single moment in world history where children had nothing to worry about? Fear of real danger is as healthy a thing as I can think of.