用不着你包办一切孩子好着呢_BEC初级作文

用不着你包办一切孩子好着呢

In an interview, Ms. Skenazy said, “Having been brainwashed by all the stories we hear, there’s a prevailing fear that any time you’re not directly supervising your child, you’re putting the child in danger.” The widespread publicity now given to crimes has created an exaggerated fear of the dangers children face if left to navigate and play on their own.

斯科纳兹女士在一次采访中说：“被道听途说的传闻洗脑之后，人们普遍存在这么一种忧虑：只要没有紧紧盯着自己孩子的一举一动，就是将孩子置于险境。”现如今对犯罪行为的广泛宣传，也大大夸大了让儿童独立行动和玩耍时可能遇到的危险。

Yet, according to Peter Gray, a research psychologist at Boston College, “the actual rate of strangers abducting or molesting children is very small. It’s more likely to happen at the hands of a relative or family friend. The statistics show no increase in childhood dangers. If anything, there’s been a decrease.”

然而，美国波士顿学院(Boston College)的研究心理学家彼得·格雷(Peter Gray)指出：“实际上，陌生人拐骗或猥亵儿童的案发率非常低，亲戚或家庭友人作案的机率反而更大。而且，统计数据并未显示儿童面临的危险增加，实情是此类事件是呈下降趋势的。”

Experts say there is no more crime against children by strangers today — and probably significantly less — than when I was growing up in the 1940s and ’50s, a time when I walked to school alone and played outdoors with friends unsupervised by adults. “The world is not perfect — it never was — but we used to trust our children in it, and they learned to be resourceful,” Ms. Skenazy said. “The message these anxious parents are giving to their children is ‘I love you, but I don’t believe in you. I don’t believe you’re as competent as I am.’ ”