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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]So how come in 1980 it was said that for a 6yr old 1st grader to be ready for 1st grade, they should be able to walk 4-8 blocks on their own? What changed besides parent's paranoia.[/quote]

A lot of what changed involved the child in New York City who was abducted and killed on the first day he'd been allowed to walk to school by himself.  That have a lot of parents pause and a realization that something can go drastically wrong in a moment. We can't protect our children from every possible danger but I do believe that we are morally and ethically bound to do our best to keep them safe in appropriate ways. 
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So you think that was the first child to have ever been abducted?  No one ever was in 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's?  Kids die in car crashes everyday.  Do you still drive them?  Kids die in schools multiple times a month?  Do you still send your kids to school?

And as a matter of fact in 1980 there was 2.8 abductions per 1000 kids.  In 2012 it is now down to 1.3 per 1000 kids.  73% of those 1.3kids are from people the child knew.  So just that alone shows that the internet and 24hr news channels are doing their job to keep you tuning in.  Paranoia.   [/quote]

No, but it really affected that generation of parents because of the amount of publicity it got. It's entirely possible that the rate of child abductions went down between 1980 and 2012 because parents were more alert and supervised their kids more than they had in the past.

I have two relatives who were hit by cars while playing alone as kids. One was killed, the other had very serious injuries, was hospitalized for a long time and had long term effects from the injuries that have lasted into adulthood. One of these children was six when the accident occurred. Neither of these events would have happened had the children been better supervised.

I grew up knowing how quickly bad things can happen and I have used that knowledge in my parenting to balance freedom and supervision to keep my children safe and healthy. I know that we can't protect our kids from any possible harm, but I will do my best to keep from putting them in situations that are beyond their age to handle. 
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