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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO parks are more dangerous than when we were kids because there are fewer kids playing on them (no protection from the herd) and I'm finding drug paraphernalia and condoms at parks now. There used to be nosey little old Karens who'd keep tabs on kids and I feel like that is gone too [/quote]

You should teach your 7 year old not to touch trash, and not to touch needles particularly. A dirty condom is gross, but not actually DANGEROUS to an seven year old - what are they, gonna lick it? They're not toddlers. [/quote]

They could step on a hep C/HIV syringe or find dime baggies of marijuana (I myself have found the latter, and not empty either).

When they step on the syringe, how do they get home? [/quote]

I think your sense of risk assessment is way off. So your fear is that there with be a needle in the park, the needle has been used by someone with hep C or HIV, your child does not see it, he steps on it, in his shoe, at such an angle that the needle penetrates the shoe and stabs his foot. It's now stuck in his foot, he can't get it out, and has no way to walk home? This scenario is absurd.

He could step on a needle with you standing right there, too, you know.

Or that your 7 year old will come across a bag of marijuana, decide to open it, and what, roll a joint? Just eat it? And this will somehow lead them to a life of drug addition?

Before someone jumps all over me with "better safe than sorry!" there are risks to keeping your kids stuck to your side all the time! They don't learn problem solving and resourcefulness. They have increased risks of obesity because they can only be running around outside when a grownup can watch. They have increased risks of anxiety and depression because you have made the world a scary place and told them they can't handle it. Those risks are, statistically much bigger than your ridiculous stepping on a needle concern. [/quote]

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