Thanks for posting.
Some related material:
The Overprotected Kid (2014)
A preoccupation with safety has stripped childhood of independence, risk taking, and discovery—without making it safer. A new kind of playground points to a better solution.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/hey-parents-leave-those-kids-alone/358631
Why Do We Over-Parent? What Anxious Parents Need to Know
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3546452/posts
When I was six in 1951 I was given a dollar. Me and a buddy would take the bus to town, $0.05. Go to a double feature, $0.10. Go to the Boys Club and have lunch with money left for activities all afternoon and still have five Cents to ride the bus home at 5PM. That was normal in those days.