Not like things were in the '50s? In the 50s my mother used to warn me that "it isn't like it used to be." And she was right, of course.

I think it is far more important to teach a child to use his or her head, i.e. stay out of dark alleys, don't go off alone with a stranger, stop and think, don't climb a rock wall that has water at its foot, know when it's time to go home, stay away from the big kids... things like that.