Originally Posted By: blue water pro
Mega control freak parents nowadays. Kids like to get away from their parent, bus rides preferred to door to door shuttles. Independance = not having to anwser for every worry of a parent. Glad I grew up when I did, when no one worried if kids had fun. From what I understand about the stats it is no different now than it ever was, just more media attention nowadays.



No schit!

Parents won't let their kids play in their own front yards these days.
One of our neighbours won't let their daughter out of their sight, literally. And She's 7. She's the little neighbourhood shut-in. The only outdoors she sees is her backyard, and only then if her Mommy is out there watching over her.
At that age I was running loose in the woods with a pellet rifle and a dog.