well, I suppose that explains why the Brits don’t have an Empire any longer...
You see this in the United States too. There was a map put out on the internet (I can’t remember the site) that showed how far each generation allowed their kids to roam away from the house without supervision. In the 50s, it was a couple miles, in the 70s, it was perhaps a mile and now, it was a block. Parents are allowing their kids to do less and less activities that involve risk. In the old days, a kid breaking his arm was no big deal. A kid getting in a fight was no big deal. These days, its a crisis.
Frankly, are American parents any better?. I doubt it. And as stupid as these parents are, it still means that 80% are sensible parents.
If we arent what we once were, then frankly neither are you. We arent the UK of 1815, 1914 or 1940, but then you lot arent the USA of 1776, 1917 or 1941 either.