Review: As advertised
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2011
This essay does what the description promises - looks into the modern American irrationally risk averse, litigious society and effects it has on healthy development of children. Nothing particularly new, but perhaps a parent or two will stop to reconsider their attitudes towards "dangers" like walking three blocks to school.While anecdotal accounts make this work more accessible, I would prefer a bit more "hard" data on risks and dangers and our perception of those (to be fair, what is there of that kind was well chosen). Also, I think that more time should have been spent showing the parents how overprotected children develop into maladjusted adults.