Thinking about this post, there's a lot there. As far as I know, kids are not in greater danger from deliberate attacks by kids or adults than they used to be (but that's affected by the issue in the post, naturally).
We definitely *hear* about everything bad more than we used to.
There are of course more cars than there once were.
Expected parental behaviour has changed: if you are a parent, imagine something bad happens to your 8 year old a mile from home. Of course you would feel terrible, but also you would fully expect your fitness as a parent to be absolutely slated.
And kid ability has gone down - can an average 8 year old navigate a mile from home confidently even though they've never been allowed to before?
I don't know how we "re-wild" kids as a whole without just pulling a "didn't do us any harm" and denying responsibility.
https://urbanists.social/@markstos/117309062444641209
We definitely *hear* about everything bad more than we used to.
There are of course more cars than there once were.
Expected parental behaviour has changed: if you are a parent, imagine something bad happens to your 8 year old a mile from home. Of course you would feel terrible, but also you would fully expect your fitness as a parent to be absolutely slated.
And kid ability has gone down - can an average 8 year old navigate a mile from home confidently even though they've never been allowed to before?
I don't know how we "re-wild" kids as a whole without just pulling a "didn't do us any harm" and denying responsibility.
https://urbanists.social/@markstos/117309062444641209