"Last week the charity Living Streets reported that half of all five to 10-year-olds have never played in their own streets. Almost nine in 10 of their grandparents had played out and so had many of their parents, but now children were kept inside, imprisoned by the twin fears of traffic and paedophiles. As the Play England organisation has found, parents keep them in because they believe that if they aren’t watching over their child, no other adult will do it for them. Older children, too, are affected. Two years ago research by the Children’s Society showed that 43% of parents thought children shouldn’t be allowed out on their own until they were 14."

This article is really interesting and accurate. I remember when I was a kid during the summer I would be out the whole day with my friends doing the most random stuff, good times were had by all. Sometimes I did get hurt or scared but I was not traumatized for life. It just made a good story later. This is not just about pedophiles kids are being more and more isolated. I've seen more who are just so afraid to do normal things like get dirty. Where will this lead us and what will the kids of these generations be like?


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