> I think everybody feels this way. I have a hard time imagining that anything but the vast majority of parents would agree. I think this is typical mind falla

> I think everybody feels this way. I have a hard time imagining that anything but the vast majority of parents would agree. I think this is typical mind fallacy. Most parents, especially in these days of tiny family sizes, are probably more heavily protective than parents used to be. I was ten in 1983, and for most of my childhood my only present parent was of the same age as most of my peers' grandparents (all of my siblings were boomers), and the difference in protectiveness was noticeable: I could stay out for hours at any time of the day or night when I was 13 and 14, except for times that were scheduled (school, church, and homework, basically). He wasn't surprised if he didn't see me for the entire weekend at that age.