>Well I can only speak for people I know. And yes I would say its relatively normal.
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>I respect that you make the best judgement for you own children but I think sometimes the climate of fear we live in is just a way to sell newspapers. And where does that over 100,000 number come from. Over what period , how does it match up against past periods.

100,000? Try just 1. And it happens to be yours. Let's see how much you think about the climate of fear then.

>Also regarding you son comment. I have one of each and I worry more about my son than I ever did about my daughter. Statistically boys are much more likely to be attacked than girls. But I have to give him freedom to go out and act sensibly and not pass y fear on to him.

Boy more likely to be attacked than a girl? You must mean different type of attacks. Or maybe you meant from Fire Island...