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Old 07-14-2009, 02:27 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Frankster View Post
Seems not that long ago that our parents would let us play outside unsupervised for hours, time at the lake was treated with an "If you go close to the water, make sure you take your lifejacket" and things were generally more relaxed both for the parents and the kids.

These days if a kid falls down and scrapes his knee, the parent is looked at as neglecting their child.

When did all of this change?
Its a self perpetuating loop. No one wants to be considered negligent, so they dote on their kids every second of every day and as such everyone else has to as well as the standard of negligence gets steadily raised.
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