Leaving Children Unsupervised Is More Frowned Upon Than Ever

A new academic study shows how leaving children unsupervised has become more socially unacceptable in recent decades. While researchers are right that the world is not in fact a more dangerous place, they miss the generational undercurrents: Xer parents don’t want their young Homelanders to roam the streets like they did when they were young.

—Collabra