My wife and I were discussing this today in the car and I would love your take on it. We were reminiscing about how when we were kids we used to go outside and play all day long and our parents literally had no idea where we were, we simply adhered to their wishes to "be home by dinner time". I grew up in smaller town Iowa in the 80's and my wife grew up in a suburb of the Twin Cities and we basically had similar experiences growing up. Now that I am a parent, the thought of letting my kids have the same approach to their free time is basically unthinkable.
Now the question: Is the world really much more dangerous or is this just our perception of it? My contention might be that due to the huge increase in media exposure we are a much more paranoid nation on the whole.
What do you think?
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Media and the internet has created an infinitely larger population of men who are sex crazed (addicted to porn) so I think for that one reason alone, we live in a more dangerous society.
In other words, I agree with your wife. You could learn a thing or two from that girl!
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