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Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour
I often wonder about this too, but, could it be that it's safer because parents are so much more protective nowadays?
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I'm sure there are fewer kids spraining their wrists from bike wipe-outs, or going to the hospital with stitches from stepping on broken glass in a creek. But the tradeoff is more obesity, more diabetes, and more anxiety and depression from children who lack the outlet of independent play. Not to mention diminished self-reliance and resilience because they haven't learned to deal with small problems on their own. Then there's nature deficit. Lots of ways a fixation on safety can be less healthy in the long run.