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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one wants their child to die in a car accident, obviously. But when did we become so risk-averse that tolerating any risk at all is tantamount to child abuse?

I'm old, and when I was a kid, we didn't even have car seats (or shoulder belts; lap belts were optional). On long car trips, I sat on the lap of whichever parent was in the front passenger seat.

[b]Miraculously, I made it to adulthood. (Except it's really not miraculous, the odds of someone dying in a car accident -- although higher than the odds of a plane crash or a stranger abduction -- are still pretty small.)[/b]

Better auto safety (car seats/shoulder belts/airbags/etc.) is a good thing, of course. My baby is rear-facing and my daughter's in a booster. But it seems bizarre to me that a child might have to ride in the back seat until s/he is old enough to drive. [/quote]

It's not miraculous at all. If you had died in a car wreck, you wouldn't be posting on DCUM.[/quote]

The miraculous was sarcasm. Even back then, the odds of dying in a car accident were not to high that it's surprising I lived to comment on it.

And in some states, kids can have farm permits to drive (off-road) as young as 13.[/quote]

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