05-29-2010, 02:53 AM
Let me refresh the discussion here...
My initial point: 30 years ago MY PARTICULAR jh school was considered by 99% of parents to be save for their kids to walk to and from. And there were bikes all over the place on the campus.
But today, all of these kids are now driven.
The neighborhood has not gone down the drain (the opposite if anything). And NOTHING is different.
I dont' see the talk of sexual predators to be relevant.
I'm sure we've all read that sex crimes against children is not happening in greater numbers now than in the past - it's just talked about a lot more. There were just as many lurking back then as there are now (and I never heard of any incident happening to any of the kids going to my schools my whole life)
I don't buy the after school lessons and such - all of those existed back in my day too.
So what has changed?
My initial point: 30 years ago MY PARTICULAR jh school was considered by 99% of parents to be save for their kids to walk to and from. And there were bikes all over the place on the campus.
But today, all of these kids are now driven.
The neighborhood has not gone down the drain (the opposite if anything). And NOTHING is different.
I dont' see the talk of sexual predators to be relevant.
I'm sure we've all read that sex crimes against children is not happening in greater numbers now than in the past - it's just talked about a lot more. There were just as many lurking back then as there are now (and I never heard of any incident happening to any of the kids going to my schools my whole life)
I don't buy the after school lessons and such - all of those existed back in my day too.
So what has changed?