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A comment on All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed (2011). Parent comment

Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by opwieurposiu on Friday May 11, 2018 @11:44AM (#17048192)
More accidents happen at home than anywhere else, so perhaps kids are safer outside. As an example, my brother broke his arm in a pillow fight when he got knocked off the bed.
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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by haZard_OS on Friday May 11, 2018 @01:04PM (#17048965)
More accidents happen at home for the same reason more car accidents happen close to home...that's where the people are often spending time.
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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by 52-6F-62 on Friday May 11, 2018 @12:35PM (#17048708)
And mine broke his outside jumping from the compost bin. (We were all doing it...)

I don't have children yet so I'm probably way out of turn when I say I like the "be home for dinner" method after a certain age.

Sometimes we'd come home scraped up and dirty, but we'd be okay. My mother was about 10 feet away when my brother broke his arm.

It's just such a game of chance. It's probably best not to train for fear, though. (as a general philosophy, not addressing any anecdotes here)

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Re:All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depresse... by ryanwaggoner on Friday May 11, 2018 @12:33PM (#17048690)
Is that adjusted for time spent?
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