[Pearls Before Swine]

Wussify your kids and invite in lots of culturally diverse aliens free of such inhibitions. Great recipe for losing your country and your culture.

[Cindy]

No matter what country you live in; there's only two options to guarantee a good education for your child: homeschooling or a good private school.

[tet68]

The word "Fun" is not in the government lexicon.

[livius]

Oh, please. My parents smoked and we drove all over the country (US) without seatbelts while I and siblings inhaled secondhand smoke. Plus I rode a bicycle without a helmet, skated without kneepads, swung on ropes without anything - and survived quite nicely, thank you. Maybe I should sue my family, come to think.

When my kids were little and I lived in California, the state was busy taking away the playgrounds because children might hurt themselves. Take away the lawyers instead, and we'd all be much happier!

[Guillermo]

What's worth saving in this crap culture we live in???

The above is just the logical conclusion of PC, which has thoroughly infested the West.

Imagine how bad it will be in a few years...

[macamadamia]

I have a fuzzy memory of doing a handstand in 1st grade…or was that the second grade. I don’t remember what happened after that. I do remember the first grade seemed to last forever…like 2 years. Anyway, where was I going with this………Oh, that's right. My head's got a sort of funny shape.

[Drew68]

while teachers elsewhere halted tag because of the risk that children might hurt themselves as they chased each other.

Britain bans these games out of safety concerns. America bans them because the slow fat kid might suffer from poor self-esteem.

[mlocher]

i bet the kids in the uk are no longer allowed to drink water with flouride in it either. "graham, do you know why i won't let you drink anything except pure rainwater...?"

[Clock King]

Falling down and getting hurt is part of growing up. It prepares you for adulthood when you may really get hurt both physically and emotionally. Who are these people who want to "childproof" the world? Why can't we all recognize that they are the ones who have serious emotional problems?