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To: epicure who wrote (135042)	4/3/2001 12:59:31 AM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Great. First guns, then hot dogs, now this. I am NEVER gonna sleep. :) Actually, our school did have this problem, but being in suburbia, the biggest danger was...the parents. Parents dropping their kids off (as we do) were causing a big safety concern because, quite frankly, a lot of them were either thinking too hard about work or just plain inconsiderate. These dolts were making crazy manuevers, either because they weren't paying attention or they just didn't care. The police had to come out, and write a bunch of tickets. Then, they completely revamped how the kids get dropped off and picked up. I think the current system is much safer. Yet another danger to try to dodge.

To: epicure who wrote (135042)	4/3/2001 9:37:08 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Overall, school violence has been declining for a decade, and homicide by adolescents has been falling for nearly as long. When I worry about my kids' safety, I think about far more likely threats: drugs, driving young--or getting hit by a car while crossing the street. That was an important article. I do a lot of suburban walking for exercise and I can attest to how dangerous it is. Sidewalks, when present, are poorly designed and drivers are quite oblivious to pedestrians. They don't even think to look at the sidewalk to their right when turning right on red, for example. The important point in the article, I think, is about how disproportionate parents' anxieties are to real risk. People, in general, are not competent to assess relative risk for themselves or their children. Michael mentioned last night that he thought that parents might keep their kids out of libraries for fear of porn. They're at much greater risk from walking to the library than from anything they might see there. They may be more at risk from the snack they carry with them to the library or the water in the water fountain or the infected person at the next table. Reliable sources of information on risk are hard to find. Karen