Sunday, September 7, 2008

A Culture of Fear and Protection

From Kerri Augusto in Newsweek:
It seems that we are up against a rising tide of scheduled childhoods born from a culture of fear. No one…allows her young child to explore the woods, wander local neighborhoods or ride a bike across town without supervision…We have come to accept that it is our job to keep our children from harm at the expense of everything else.
I saw a 10-year-old girl riding a bike in our neighborhood the other day while I was walking with my fam. I asked my wife if she'd let our daughter do that. She promptly responded, "Never."

HT: LT

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