Parental Fears

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via Schneier from NPR:

Based on surveys Barnes collected, the top five worries of parents are, in order:

1. Kidnapping
   School snipers
   Terrorists
   Dangerous strangers
   Drugs

But how do children really get hurt or killed?

1. Car accidents
   Homicide (usually committed by a person who knows the child, not a stranger)
   Abuse
   Suicide
   Drowning

Why such a big discrepancy between worries and reality? Barnes says parents fixate on rare events because they internalize horrific stories they hear on the news or from a friend without stopping to think about the odds the same thing could happen to their children.

Comments

[ivan-ghandhi.livejournal.com]

That's what they use to buy on TV.

[wizzard]

Таки да!

[sagarasousuke.livejournal.com]

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