Mike Seidle ...notes from the road

I have four daughters and really struggle with how much time they spend inside. The lifestyle we make our kids live is nothing like what it was when I grew up, and when our parents grew up. Gone are long periods of free time outdoors. In today's LA Times, Rosa Brooks has published an absolute gem of an article that gets to the root cause of the problem:

"...We parents have sold ourselves a bill of goods when it comes to child
safety. Forget the television fear-mongering: Your child stands about
the same chance of being struck by lightning as of being the victim of
what the Department of Justice calls a "stereotypical kidnapping." And
unless you live in Baghdad, your child stands a much, much greater
chance of being killed in a car accident than of being seriously harmed
while wandering unsupervised around your neighborhood...