[shipman05]

I'd say irrational risk-ranking is a near-universal human weakness.

Parents fear kidnappers more than car accidents. The elderly fear whatever the news is telling them to fear more than heart disease or falling.

[Cthulhu_]

Kids fear quicksand and the Bermuda triangle.

...or maybe they don't fear it enough, given https://nos.nl/artikel/2590957-vier-jongens-uit-cementslib-b....