It’s mommification of the few nuclear families left
Moms are now omnipotent and husbands often weak and non imposing
Even if they are good earners
I’d wager even in the suburban south where I live alpha males as head of a white family are less than 40%
Wardaddy how do you know this?
Cause I’m a 62 year old zenith boomer who’s raised five kids steady from 1988 till now with a 12 year old as my youngest . I’ve observed parenting from Xers to Y gen to now millennials
White men are just often chinless weak guys whose most masculine activity of bicycle riding
This changes somewhat the more rural one goes
And women running things they are more risk averse as we all know ...this manifests in many things...bicycle helmets and no BB guns and so on
Second is the perception that there are more pervs since we have news 24/7 although statistically the incidence is unchanged or less than in my day although more broken homes has led to more child abuse in general
Third is lack of suburban sidewalks although I walked to school in the 60s sans sidewalks and folks watched out for us
My kids number 3-5 went to Percy Preiest elementary in the Green Hills section of Nashville which is posh..we were only maybe 500 yards from school yet they rode the bus
For me and my buddies we would have relished walking up over the huge civil war battle hills and trails over to the school refighting the war as we went each morning
Playing war ...another pastime long gone
Most parents won’t let kids have play guns...moms
Well, I'll be...I was raised my first 2 years at my Grandmothers (now my cousins) 2 acre place on Graybar Lane. Spent many a summer there as a boy. Used to run up to the mall all the time and walk into Harvey's. And I still miss seeing the old Battle of Nashville memorial now covered up by an interstate exchange. The good ol' days....