Look, i dont have kids, so take this with a grain of salt, but even crossing the street at an interstion with clear rules, in a walkable city, is dangerous these days.
Everyone is on their phones, not paying attention. I dont know who to blame, but collectively we are kinda F'd.
Just the other day someone almost hit, while i was walking in a desiginated walking area and they just said "sorry, didnt see you." I replied in kind "duck you get off your phone"
it sucks kids cant run around and play, i did, but also we've gotten ourselves in a bad spot with screens and phone.
im not advocating anything, just saying, it sucks everwhere
Traffic accidents including kids (as well as traffic accidents in general) have been trending down for decades significantly[1]. This is also the case for virtually any safety related statistic.
It has nothing to do with reality, it's simply that helicopter parenting and neuroticism has been trending up for ages.
Maybe traffic accidents including kids have been trending down because kids are spending less time outside? It can be both true that the number of accidents have decreased and that actually playing outside is more dangerous.
If helicopter parenting is trending up while traffic accidents including kids are trending down, isn’t that more likely to be evidence in favor of helicopter parenting?
as it literally says both on the page and graph, both pedestrian and occupant numbers are down, surprisingly child pedestrian deaths fell at a quicker rate.
Seventy-eight percent of child motor vehicle crash deaths in 2021 were passenger vehicle occupants, 15 percent were pedestrians, and 2 percent were bicyclists. Child pedestrian and bicyclist deaths declined by 91 and 95 percent, respectively, since 1975. Passenger vehicle child occupant deaths in 2021 were 48 percent lower than in 1975.
Everyone is on their phones, not paying attention. I dont know who to blame, but collectively we are kinda F'd.
Just the other day someone almost hit, while i was walking in a desiginated walking area and they just said "sorry, didnt see you." I replied in kind "duck you get off your phone"
it sucks kids cant run around and play, i did, but also we've gotten ourselves in a bad spot with screens and phone.
im not advocating anything, just saying, it sucks everwhere