Reply #15: Kids need time running around outdoors period [View All]

[XemaSab]

There's a perception that things are more dangerous today than they have ever been, and I think that's nonsense.

Kids got kidnapped and molested in the 50's and earlier, and the only difference is that now you hear about kids being molested halfway across the state whereas before you wouldn't have. Kids are more likely to be molested by relatives or other people the parents think are "safe" than by creepy strangers hanging out in the park.

Man, when I was a kid I went places and did things that my mom really had no idea about. It was a great time, and it gave me a lot of perspective on the world. I used to go to the park, the cemetery, the local vacant lot.. all over the place. This was in Oakland.