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[quote=Anonymous]People often say "back in the day we used to ...." so if we aren't allowing that now, we must be "overprotective." That's one conclusion. Another conclusion is that we are smarter today. i.e. we didn't used to put kids in carseats, but we learned that it can be safer for the child, so now we do things differently. Are there more auto accidents today? probably not... but we have decided that we aren't willing to take even small risks so we put our kids in carseat (or use seat belts) b/c even if the risk is small, it could be catastrophic. Our tolerance toward risk has decreased. To some people, that is simply "progress" (when you know better, do better). To others, that is confining. But, just b/c we allowed something in the past and don't allow it now does not mean that we are wrong now. We might have been wrong/unaware/less concerned in the past.[/quote]
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