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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Times have changed.  Maybe it is a good thing, not a bad thing?  I've seen lots of data to suggest that the crime rate has actually dropped, but maybe it it is our parents who should have been more careful.  I used to play in storm sewer tunnels on the way home from school for crying out loud, NOT a good idea.  And we had a long-term flasher problem, including a time he came into the girl's bathroom in our school.  This was in the 70's in Fairfax.  We didn't wear seatbelts either.  Unfortunately there are alot of child predators out there.  I want my kids to be independent, but I also need to work with the information I have, which is that there are lots of red dots on that sex offenders map in my zip code...[/quote]

I was just going to say something similar.  I grew up in a decent, middle class NJ suburb, in the 80s, and we definitely had a flasher issue.  He would stand in a particular area that he knew students walked along.  I also want my kids to be independent, but honestly, you have to do what's safe.  My current area in MD has lots of things come up on the weekly crime report.  I want to be realistic.  [/quote]

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