Did things get more dangerous since 1980, when we were mostly sane about this? No. They got vastly *less* dangerous, in all ways other than the risk of someone calling the cops.
The numbers on ‘sex trafficking’ and kidnapping by strangers are damn near zero.
Makes sense…
Here is the traditional chart of how little we let our kids walk around these days:
Makes sense…
Terrible. Shameful!
… wait a minute…
takes a closer look at the map
Hmm.
Hm.
Bad example?