| Re: Article on kids' safety
>Here's an interesting article, vaguely related to the recent "Young
>Cyclist Killed" thread. Cycling is only part of it, of course, but
>it's in there. Note the bit about neighborhood design, near the end.
It wasn't considered unusual when I was a kid to be outdoors for
most of a vacation day, ranging around and basically doing whatever.
But we did know that what we did had consequences, and we were
regularly reminded by our WWII era parents (who all knew each other)
that if we got in trouble there would be consequences.
There weren't many TVs, and mostly no air conditioning, so unless
you were a reader there wasn't any alternative to the great outdoors.
The question that has to be asked (in the context of the article) is
does the bemoaned lifestyle derive from a failure of parental ideology
or simply the fact that the world has changed.
I'd argue that the world has changed, significantly.
I have to say that my neice and nephew have little opportunity for
what I would consider normal play in the outdoors, they are well
behaved and intelligent but not adventurous.
Somewhat withdrawn, very trusting of adults in their immediate family,
and intensely technical.
But not innovative risk takers.
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