The media and pop-culture has anecdotally dramatized every one of these hazards and downplayed the statistical unlikelyhood of suffering harm from any of these hazards. It probably HAS made the world safer for our kids, but at what cost? Our kids have been raised in the presence of the subtle message that they will be protected from suffering any harmful consequences regardless of the choices they make! My kids understand that the world has hazards and they will only get out what they put in, but I have a feeling that they aren't the norm!