Crime rates today are lower than when Skenazy was growing up, yet parental fear of crime and strangers has dramatically increased rather than decreased.

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Lenore Skenazy

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the crime rate today is lower than when we were growing up. So, between not letting our kids do anything and having the reason be because times have changed, it just didn't make sense to me

Source

The Coddling of the American Mind moderated by Malcolm GladwellThe 92nd Street Y, New York
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:13:07 AM

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