@cnn: Polls say parents are worried about risks their kids will likely never face, like kidnapping and being hit by a car. CNN's Gianna Toboni explains how this anxiety could be driving kids toward what many parents fear most: screens.

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jacjaewhatever
Jac :
This is rage bait. You’re criticizing parents being protective when we’ve seen an Epstein in our lifetime?
2026-08-01 23:06:21
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yqllow_
𝒩𝒾𝓍𐙚 :
Im 17, and im scared to be be in the street alone, im not allowed to walk alone anywhere , cant even walk to the park thats 5 mins away yet my parents are mad cuz im not independent enough
2026-08-27 03:35:52
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the0nly0li
oli :
you know why it's less likely to be kidnapped than struck by lightning as a kid? cause we care about kids more now
2026-08-02 14:41:26
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bruce_cooper
Bruce Cooper :
Prevention is better than cure
2026-08-01 20:45:50
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veilofcrystal
Crystalline_veil🇨🇦 :
That’s incredibly confusing because when parents let their kids go out into the public and be independent and walk around the block, go to the park, etc. people call the police or CAS and claim child endangerment… We get told we’re being helicopter parents, but scolded when we’re not…
2026-08-01 22:56:07
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cheetull
cheetull :
Okay but like, is that statistic so low due to the fact parents are protecting their kids so well?
2026-08-02 07:35:26
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userqqqqdd
Nicole :
The E files forever changed our brain chemistry. Not being overprotective is a crime now
2026-08-01 22:55:59
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wolfesius
Wolfesius🇨🇦 :
Facts let kids be kids. Like we were
2026-08-01 23:55:43
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shanelink87
shanelink87 :
Ten of thousands of kids go missing every year.
2026-08-18 20:53:24
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mm006842
MM :
Yeah but who wants to be the first parent to disregard that and have their kid be kidnapped?
2026-08-03 07:06:01
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likesewserious
likesewserious :
I’d LOVE to, but I’m not sure if I’m even legally allowed to let my kid be unsupervised.
2026-08-02 06:25:00
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novaqharrisy
Nova :
Do they ban kids from biking anymore?
2026-08-01 20:45:48
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silverthyme1
Silverthyme1 :
if you don't believe your kids are capable, they won't believe they are either
2026-08-01 22:14:13
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gary_effing
gary_effing :
Overprotected in the real world, underprotected in the digital world
2026-08-02 10:46:36
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jerryjones2000
JerryJones2000 :
The vast majority of childhood kidnappings and sexual assaults are from someone in the family or someone they know. It's not a stranger problem
2026-08-03 17:29:51
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indignantlemur
Dylan :
first day of school last year I saw over 20 kids in our small neighborhood I'd never seen before. these kids never play outside
2026-08-02 14:00:34
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johnperry107
John Perry :
Hey
2026-08-01 21:37:37
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that.asianboy
🌊 :
ive been abducted 3 times and struck by lightning 4
2026-08-02 14:48:40
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tiktoktravy
TravyLavy :
😂 “screens are bad, go to our app” 😂
2026-08-02 01:01:40
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evrensebastian
Sebastian Yücel :
whoa
2026-08-01 22:32:38
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p0p__t4rt
𝗣𝗼𝗽_𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁❣️ :
Well, duh, of course there's a low chance of it happening with parents now keeping their kids at home or by their side at all times. What we should be looking at is the likelihood of a child to be kidnapped when they're alone at places like the park versus when they're with parents - not just their likelihood to be kidnapped at any given point in time
2026-08-02 16:34:34
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jennitoms
jennishannon :
It’s not just kidnapping…. S/A, grape, bullying, etc.. most of us are parenting based off our own experiences being in these situations. And all of us know someone knows been in the same exact spot. It’s more common than this leads
2026-08-02 13:45:56
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mikekoshko
Mike :
Our generation is now overcorrecting from fear of our own childhood’s seeming too independent and not safe enough.
2026-08-02 17:34:12
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miikki89
mikki :
Early
2026-08-01 20:44:08
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