Why don't kids walk home from school these days?

[RAMd®d]

I would like to see some current data that supports the "no more crimes today... than yesteryear" theory.

I'm not sure that's true.

And given the number of children that go missing each year, I don't subscribe to the "let nature cull the weak and resourceless" theory.

What I'd *prefer* to see is that gaggle of parents *walking* their kids to school.

Also, may kids are "out of district" kids and can't walk to school.