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this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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I am Danish and traveled to America last year. My biggest culture shock (other than the giant cars everywhere) was how parents treated their children. I spent a long time on campgrounds all around California, and every single parent I met seemed crazy afraid of letting their children roam and have fun. Some even put leashes on their kids (!!!).
There was massive scare in America about kids being stolen. Doesn't help with ppl like epstien being active. Also obnoxious family and neighbors willing to call cps on you over petty squabbles. Then as they got older there is also the concern kids left to There own devices will get into gangs, drugs, and/or end up a dancer at the pink pony club.
Cars are really bad for society.
Yeah I think a big part of helicopter parenting is literally just because of cars. My parents were pretty helicopter-ish when I was growing up, and they always justified it by saying if I was allowed to go out on my own I might get hit by a car. And they had a point. People die all the time by getting hit by cars, but we’re so used to it that we just consider that the cost of doing business