While safety is important, the modern notion that a child's life can be managed to the point where every single threat is eliminated is just plain silly, and actually leads to greater long-term dangers than the dangers it attempts to eliminate. More to the point is the bad decision made by most middle-class parents to move to suburban pod subdivisions that offer the illusion of safety. Such pods are safe as long as children never venture outside them. But since most such places offer nothing in the way of shopping or park space, children must go into the outside world if they are to have any experience beyond television and video games. Beyond the inherent restrictions of the suburban environment, children's lives are micromanaged by obsessive parents.
Unsupervised play is considered dangerous and is avoided.
Let them play. Let them fall down and get hurt. These precious activities are all part of the process once known as growing up. All rights reserved.