Comments on: Great Article in the Post-Dispatch About Safety and Parenting http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/07/safety-and-parenting.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:56:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jack http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/07/safety-and-parenting.html/comment-page-1#comment-352 Jack Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:22:55 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=1083#comment-352 David, although the article opens the door to this important subject, it is more fluff than informative. Great resources are available in making our children safer by actually doing what most of us did as children to mature, be respectful of others and to learn how to be self reliant. Just one example is the Safe Routes to School programs that are promoted nationally and internationally (see: http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/). Yes it is important to buckle our children in seat belts as our motorized vehicles are now faster by design and law enforcement remains behind the curve. But my wife and I teach our young sons to ride their bikes virtually everywhere, whether it's to friends homes around the County's seat or to St Charles. They know more about responsible driving behavior than the majority of local drivers who prefer speed and convenience over their own health as well as over the health of others. The more pedestrians and cyclists on our streets and sidewalks, the safer everyone becomes... as long as they don't get run over by careless drivers. David, although the article opens the door to this important subject, it is more fluff than informative. Great resources are available in making our children safer by actually doing what most of us did as children to mature, be respectful of others and to learn how to be self reliant. Just one example is the Safe Routes to School programs that are promoted nationally and internationally (see: http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/).

Yes it is important to buckle our children in seat belts as our motorized vehicles are now faster by design and law enforcement remains behind the curve. But my wife and I teach our young sons to ride their bikes virtually everywhere, whether it’s to friends homes around the County’s seat or to St Charles. They know more about responsible driving behavior than the majority of local drivers who prefer speed and convenience over their own health as well as over the health of others.

The more pedestrians and cyclists on our streets and sidewalks, the safer everyone becomes… as long as they don’t get run over by careless drivers.

]]> By: Mike S. http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/07/safety-and-parenting.html/comment-page-1#comment-344 Mike S. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:32:43 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=1083#comment-344 I think the safety culture really got going in the late 80's. I remember in the summer after 6th grade (1987), getting up at dawn to meet my best friend at the bus stop, and taking the bus from U. City all the way down Delmar to downtown to volunteer/hang out at the VP Fair all day, then getting picked up by our parents after the fireworks that night. We loved it. I think if parents allowed that today, they'd be arrested, convicted of child neglect, and sentenced to appear on the Today show to be berated by Ann Curry. I think the safety culture really got going in the late 80’s. I remember in the summer after 6th grade (1987), getting up at dawn to meet my best friend at the bus stop, and taking the bus from U. City all the way down Delmar to downtown to volunteer/hang out at the VP Fair all day, then getting picked up by our parents after the fireworks that night. We loved it. I think if parents allowed that today, they’d be arrested, convicted of child neglect, and sentenced to appear on the Today show to be berated by Ann Curry.

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