we should be telling children ‘be careful of roads/cars’ (including on Halloween) Not ‘be careful of Halloween’
Yes, but even then not unduly so. Child pedestrian deaths per FARS are about 0.5 per 100k (320 per 72M), which puts them below guns (5 per 100k), driving (4 per 100k), drugs (3 per 100k), suffocation (2 per 100k), drowning (1 per 100k), etc: https://www.jefftk.com/goldstick-causes-of-child-deaths.jpg. Total deaths under age 18 are about 37k/y, so 320 pedestrian deaths is about 1% of deaths. Worth careful teaching, but still fine to let them walk to their friends’ houses once they’re ready.
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Not sure I understand what this paragraph is getting at?
Yes, but even then not unduly so. Child pedestrian deaths per FARS are about 0.5 per 100k (320 per 72M), which puts them below guns (5 per 100k), driving (4 per 100k), drugs (3 per 100k), suffocation (2 per 100k), drowning (1 per 100k), etc: https://www.jefftk.com/goldstick-causes-of-child-deaths.jpg. Total deaths under age 18 are about 37k/y, so 320 pedestrian deaths is about 1% of deaths. Worth careful teaching, but still fine to let them walk to their friends’ houses once they’re ready.
Not sure I understand what this paragraph is getting at?
But it’s also dark and chaotic.