When did parenting become so fearful?

theoutline.com ^ | Aug 17, 2018 08:54AM EST | Malcolm Harris

[mowowie]

My 12 yr old nephew gets driven to the bus stop every morning which is literally 4 houses down the street.

[Chickensoup]

My 12 yr old nephew gets driven to the bus stop every morning which is literally 4 houses down the street.

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they are not as safe as in the “old days” for in the old days there would be a ton of kids walking to school, around and about in the area.

now people with free range kids have them ranging alone. There are no longer eyes on the streets, except for cameras which are there for security (ie find the perp versus safety ie stop the crime) there are no parents in the homes in middle class land, the moms are all working, and when walking these days a child is totally isolated.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I subscribe to a credit monitoring service that pings me whenever a registered sex offender moves into my area.

A few years ago I was notified that a registered sex offender who happens to have the same name as me moved in a couple blocks up the street.

I just hope somebody notices that he's twenty years younger than I am.

[Buckeye McFrog]

ahh...the Big Wheel off the ramp! A classic!

One of the reasons that my mother developed a white-hot seething hatred for Evel Knievel. He inspired all of us boys to build homemade ramps and attempt daredevil stunts. I honestly believe she would have ridden a Greyhound bus all the way to Montana just to kick that man in the groin.

[Nevadan]

The notifications available in my area include the photo and address of the sex offenders in my area along with age, race, tattoos. I hope they do so for your area as well.