Bruce Schneier is my current security crush, and he has something interesting to say about parents and perceived threats vs. real risk.
I can't speak to any of this as an expert, but when Pennsylvania tightened its regulations regarding what age/size children must use car safety seats...well, you could have heard the howls of protest from Michigan. I imagine many of those howlers are in favor of the various Megan's Laws this commonwealth enforces, which probably don't provide much measurable protection, unlike car safety seats, which we know make children safer. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly 9,000 lives were saved by such devices from 1975 - 2008. I wonder if Megan's Laws have saved a hundredth that many.
I make no claims to parenting expertise, but I know fear-mongering when I see it, and it seems to me parents are a prime target.
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