I can't decide...

a) Was the world safer before? And that's why our parents let us play outside - because abductions and bad people were less common?

b) Or was the world more dangerous before, and we just didn't know about it because awareness was lower and Law & Order: SVU hadn't come out yet?

Personally I wouldn't be surprised if the world is much safer now... but then again, I don't plan to let Charlie play on the streets unsupervised like my parents allowed me to do. Man I gotta stop watching SVU.

Do you think that the world is safer or more dangerous for our kids than it was for us?