Maybe it’s having been both a prosecutor and a defense counsel, but I didn’t trust anybody enough to let my daughters get out of sight in the neighborhood or ride their bikes around the corner. I think I deprived them of early independence because I knew “what is in the heart of man”.
“Maybe it’s having been both a prosecutor and a defense counsel, but I didn’t trust anybody enough to let my daughters get out of sight in the neighborhood or ride their bikes around the corner. I think I deprived them of early independence because I knew “what is in the heart of man”.”
As a fellow “girl dad” I know what you mean. I watched over mine like a hawk, much to their chagrin.
The good old days weren’t safer. People today are more afraid because we see all the extremes in various forms of coverage. No TV and radio didn’t sensationalize crime and mayhem.
Kids need freedom to deal with the world as it is, starting at a young age. Don’t talk to strangers is still good advice.
My brothers and I didn’t get driven anywhere because we only had one car and my mother didn’t drive. Walk, bike,,trolley, bus, subway. School buses were for kids who lived on farms.
Switzerland is an unusual place in many ways. Singapore is probably similar. Organized, clean and safe, so there is less worry about the outside world.