[forkerenok]

I'm observing a massive decline in children independence in Russia as well compared to the "good old Soviet times" and early (pretty violent though) 90s.

It is a helpless feeling that emerged is the age of kidnappers, organ harvesting etc. Or has nothing really changed since then and it is just that we're exposed to massive amounts of FUD in the new era of mass media?

[wolco]

As crime rates dropped the television shows people watched focused more on exploiting the fear around crime against children.

[djsumdog]

I think it's a lot more fear, uncertainty/doubt. Kids are most likely to be a victim of crime at home by family members. That's where most abuse happens. The random kidnapping is more in the movies that reality.

[briandear]

That’s a fact. Doug Stanhope has a great bit about how your kid can go his entire life without being raped by a man in a van.

[forkerenok]

Edit: to answer the actual question: I don't think (that's really subjective and I don't have kids) Russia has reached yet the "typical level of overparenting" in the US.