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Parental Paranoia: Are We All Crazy?

By Marc On April 1, 2014 · Add Comment

It’s very hip to be terrified of letting your children outside without wrapping them in a giant bubble and adding a GPS tracker to make sure they’re not hurt or kidnapped. Because none of us remember a childhood where we were allowed outside alone and weren’t kidnapped and/or murdered, OR WORSE. Oh wait, that was every day of the week, not too long ago. The newest scare tactic is spreading via Facebook, and shows how the ridiculous stickers on your car are putting your entire family at risk. This idea is lampooned wonderfully over at BoingBoing: No one’s saying that this has ever happened, just that they can imagine it, and if they can imagine it, bad guys can imagine it, and if you can imagine a bad guy doing something bad, then you should drop everything to prevent that imaginary thing from coming true. When in trouble/Or in doubt/Run in [...]

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