My parents are horrified when I suggest that their grandchildren should have the same freedom to roam around that they gave us.
They believe the world is more dangerous than ever even though murders, violent crime, child abductions, and car accidents peaked when we were kids. And we didn't have cellphones to check in or call 911 with.
It's baffling.
Not sure what to take from it. But it's very sobering to see how much damage is being done that way.
[0] At least I presume that's where it came from. The news was on every single day in that household and it certainly felt like some kind of twisted suffering and misfortune porn.
It’s an utterly toxic diet of fear-mongering and negativity that cripples anyone who gets addicted to it.
A steady stream of the most depraved and violent criminal human behavior with the crime shows, and with the medical shows the most horrific one-in-a-million accidents.
And continuously ratcheting up because each episode has to be more inventive than the last.
Back up cameras also weren't a thing.