I think things will be safer for my child then they were for me.
Think about it. When I was 5 I had to learn to hide under my desk at school in case Russia decided to unleash nuclear weapons. My son will not have to worry about this. While there is the "war on terrorism" it's no where near as scarey to a 5 year old as an atom bomb is.
Halloween: Will be the exact same as it was for me. I was never allowed to go trick or treating on my own till I was 10 or 11, and then it had to be in a group of kids. The rules will be the same for my son, regardless of where we are...(unless for some reason we move to Inner city LA or something weird like that).
Playground: Remember playgrounds when you were a kid? Rusted metal slides with concrete blocks at the bottom, rusty swings and barely held together merry go rounds. Everything now is plastic with no jagged edges and sand instead of a concrete block.
Stranger Danger: From the get go, they actually HAVE something called Stranger Danger, and ways to teach and talk to your kids about strangers. I was just told not to accept candy from strangers and never get in someone's car. Now they have Amber Alerts and everyone is more wary of potential harm to children. Automatically that makes the world safer for my child.
The fact of the matter is: Crime rates are down worldwide, Child abductions are down world wide, teen pregnancy and STD rates are down world wide.
Unless you live in a war zone (the number of which are also down worldwide), the world is a pretty safe place to be.
I think things will be safer for my child then they were for me.
Think about it. When I was 5 I had to learn to hide under my desk at school in case Russia decided to unleash nuclear weapons. My son will not have to worry about this. While there is the "war on terrorism" it's no where near as scarey to a 5 year old as an atom bomb is.
Halloween: Will be the exact same as it was for me. I was never allowed to go trick or treating on my own till I was 10 or 11, and then it had to be in a group of kids. The rules will be the same for my son, regardless of where we are...(unless for some reason we move to Inner city LA or something weird like that).
Playground: Remember playgrounds when you were a kid? Rusted metal slides with concrete blocks at the bottom, rusty swings and barely held together merry go rounds. Everything now is plastic with no jagged edges and sand instead of a concrete block.
Stranger Danger: From the get go, they actually HAVE something called Stranger Danger, and ways to teach and talk to your kids about strangers. I was just told not to accept candy from strangers and never get in someone's car. Now they have Amber Alerts and everyone is more wary of potential harm to children. Automatically that makes the world safer for my child.
The fact of the matter is: Crime rates are down worldwide, Child abductions are down world wide, teen pregnancy and STD rates are down world wide.
Unless you live in a war zone (the number of which are also down worldwide), the world is a pretty safe place to be.