Are people getting more risk-averse by the day?

Sh1tbag OToole

These days one hardly sees children playing outside at all without strict supervision, even the parents dont trust each other to look after their children in case one happens to be a closet paedophile, whereas when I was 6 i walked to school and had some bit of freedom to walk and cycle around the neighbourhood unsupervised


"What if a child..." has become an acceptable reason to lock down just about anything and ruin everyone's fun.

Fairly soon you wont be able to install any electrical or gas powered appliance yourself in your own house incase a child comes to visit and manages to kill himself with your possibly dodgy installation job. One death or injury of a child is enough to provoke a sob story being published in the Daily Rag which leads to the said activity being banned.

All the traditional fun manly hobbies like hunting, driving any sort of vehicle, certain sports, even wild camping have to resist a constant barrage of oppression from the power that be, egged on by millions of risk-averse moms.

Do these people understand at all that bit by bit what makes life worth living is being taken away? Surely a super-sanitised world where nobody is really allowed to do anything, despite low number of accidents wont be very much fun..

Wacker The Attacker

I'm like whatever

Frosty McSnowballs

What if a child...reads this thread?!?!

BigCol

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

All the traditional fun manly hobbies like hunting, driving any sort of vehicle, certain sports, even wild camping have to resist a constant barrage of oppression from the power that be, egged on by millions of risk-averse moms.

Do these people understand at all that bit by bit what makes life worth living is being taken away? Surely a super-sanitised world where nobody is really allowed to do anything, despite low number of accidents wont be very much fun..

That's right blame the mammies

kneemos

It's all very well till someone loses an eye.

Frosty McSnowballs

kneemos wrote: »

It's all very well till someone loses an eye.

From dog poop

hatrickpatrick

BigCol wrote: »

That's right blame the mammies

Unfortunately it's kind of a true stereotype. Whenever myself and my mates wanted to do something remotely adventurous as kids the unspoken gospel rule was always ask your dad, if he's not around wait for him.
Mums tend to have an exceedingly irritating habit of subtracting 3-5 years from the age of their kids in their heads when making judgements.

Eight Ball

Seems that parents in more affluent areas have their kids wrapped up in cotton wool most of the time driving them here there and everywhere and play dates to beat the band. Kids from more disadvantaged areas seem to get more time to run free and actually be kids. I think there is a balance to be meet between the two myself.

BigCol

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Unfortunately it's kind of a true stereotype. Whenever myself and my mates wanted to do something remotely adventurous as kids the unspoken gospel rule was always ask your dad, if he's not around wait for him.
Mums tend to have an exceedingly irritating habit of subtracting 3-5 years from the age of their kids in their heads when making judgements.

I agree that's why we never asked, just went for, we were little divils.

clairefontaine

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/issuecartoons/2013/09/09/cartoons_20130902#slide=1

Spring Onion

Kids in the country are still living it Huckleberry Finn style for the most part. It's the soft townies and city kids that are wrapped in cotton wool. The only excitement they get is via the playstation.

Sh1tbag OToole

Spring Onion wrote: »

Kids in the country are still living it Huckleberry Finn style for the most part. It's the soft townies and city kids that are wrapped in cotton wool. The only excitement they get is via the playstation.

Even where I'm from in the cnut tree soide you dont really see kids around. Playtime with their friends has to be booked in advance and transport is via Lexus RX450h or Qaishqai if their parents are poor

1chippy

It's from mistakes we learn. Looking back the best times I remember usually revolved around what I wasn't supposed to be doing

hatrickpatrick

1chippy wrote: »

It's from mistakes we learn. Looking back the best times I remember usually revolved around what I wasn't supposed to be doing

I'm 24 and the best times still revolve around what I'm not supposed to be doing

Sunnyisland

I blame the parents...or Israel