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Dena's avatar

And it takes wise, rational parents to overcome the current helicopter parenting trend. It was much easier in the 80’s to raise kids in a free range way. Pretty much everyone was doing it, the only organized play was pretty much little league.

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AngelaK's avatar

It was not all that safe in the 80s. I grew up free as a bird in the 60s.

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Donna in MO's avatar

It was never all that safe. We are just more informed than my parents were and certainly more than our grandparents were.

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