Keeping our kids safe...

... from the wrong dangers. More that shows that we're just not that good at assessing risk.

"And while we certainly make constant (mis)calculations in our adult lives, we seem all the more determined yet befuddled when it comes to the safety of our children. For instance, the five things most likely to cause injury to children up to age 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are: car accidents, homicide (usually at the hands of someone they know), child abuse, suicide or drowning. And what are the five things that parents are most worried about (according to surveys by the Mayo Clinic)? Kidnapping, school snipers, terrorists, dangerous strangers and drugs."

Hmmm... sound familiar, anyone?

Keeping Kids Safe from the Wrong Dangers, from the New York Times