[NeonKnight]

Are you sure it is so much more dangerous for a kid to do things today than it was 30 years ago? Or perhaps in this age of information, maybe you just hear about everything that happens, and it seems more dangerous.

You hear of an Amber alert, what...once every couple of weeks? This in a nation of 280 million. 30 years ago, you would probably never hear about some kid that disappeared in some small Texas town. Now it is broadcast everywhere.

[kcvl]

Exactly. We had just as many criminals then as we do now. We just hear about more often.

[CharacterCounts]

Are you sure it is so much more dangerous for a kid to do things today than it was 30 years ago? Or perhaps in this age of information, maybe you just hear about everything that happens, and it seems more dangerous.

Well, when a kid missing a school bus ride and having t walk several blocks to daycare make he news, I suspect its the latter.