If you are like me, you remember the days from your childhood of free ranging far from home for hours on end without your parents really knowing where you were. Whether that was walking a mile to the ballpark for baseball practice, or taking a skiff a few miles from home to go out fishing in the bay, my parents rarely knew where I was most of the day. That type of parenting today would have you locked up.
This is a Q&A with a pair of researchers who conducted an interesting study on how moral judgement impacts policy / lawmaking surrounding the regulation of parenting. It’s a very in depth look at the class implications of these new regulations; an interesting blend of behavioral sciences and perceived versus actual risk.