The freedom enjoyed by baby-boomers when they were children

It is not uncommon to hear older people bemoan the fact that children are now mollycoddled and seldom allowed out to play on their own or even to walk to school. No wonder they are so often overweight. If only they could spend more time playing outside, instead of sitting in their bedrooms staring at electronic screens. Of course, when we were young, there was not all this knife crime and there were far fewer cars on the roads. The world was a lot safer in those days.