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Re:How Japan Prepares Its Children for Independence by Retric on Thursday November 10, 2016 @11:28AM (#12921796)
Your talking about fear not actual danger. Crime statistics are very much down from the 1950's. As are playground accidents and automobile fatalities..

The most important thing to remember about lawn darts is not that handing kids metal stakes is dangerous and stupid, but relatively few kids where actually harmed.

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Re:How Japan Prepares Its Children for Independence by thwarted on Thursday November 10, 2016 @12:42PM (#12922475)
Your talking about fear not actual danger. Crime statistics are very much down from the 1950's. As are playground accidents and automobile fatalities..

It's not necessarily fear, from the parents, of actual danger, it's fear of being charged with neglect. It, too, may be an unfounded fear, but until being a busybody who needless charges someone with neglect is a crime, crime and accident statistics don't necessarily enter into it.

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