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Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international by nradov on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @12:24AM (#38936554)
A lot of that cultural change in attitudes can be traced back to the Etan Patz kidnapping case in 1979. That case received widespread, prolonged media attention at the time which made many parents more fearful. He was one of the first missing children to be featured on milk cartons which made it impossible to ignore.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/etan-patz-case-verdict-pedro-he...

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Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international by granshaw on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @02:50AM (#38937423)
It seemed free roaming was still widely accepted in the 90s though? What changed since the 2000s?
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Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international by hydrok9 on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @12:27PM (#38940915)
The change happened gradually throughout the 90's. People born in the late 80's typically had free-roam experience, while those born in the miid-late 90's did not,
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Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international by rawgabbit on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @01:57PM (#38941844)
For me personally, the ability to look at the sex offender registry and realize there are 4 registered folks within a mile of my house.
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