No matter what generation a person is born in, the one following behind them will always be more protected then they were. Some of it comes from the technology that advances every year; some of it may be from the over publicized kidnappings. I believe most of it comes from parents trying to protect their kids from what they had gone through as children. Also more mothers are working today than ever before. That leaves more children in daycare centers and off the streets. To say that children today are overprotected is an overstatement. I do believe that they are more protected today, but as we go on each generation will be more protected than the last.
Seeing a kidnapping on television was a rare occurrence when I was a child. It was something America was ashamed of, and tried to cover up. We didn’t see it until the child was either found alive, or unfortunately
Some may think that parenting becomes easier over time because of all the new inventions and such. When in reality it’s actually the opposite. There are some many different brands, types, textures, and etcetera. There now five different car seats a child “needs” between birth and the age of six. There are so many different cribs, changing tables, and bassinets. Also all the new safety things such as the plastic plug outlets, or the things that prevents drawers being opened. Societies new look on safety is overwhelming parents. Bring a child into the world safely also means spending some big money on all the new safety gadgets.
found dead. Now it’s not only shown on television, but heard on the radio, and can be seen on signs on major highways. This creates overprotective parents, who drill into their children’s head that all strangers are bad. No longer
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