In her article, “How Kitty Genovese Destroyed Childhood”, author Lenore
Skenazy reflects on the cultural impact of the Kitty Genovese murder in 1964 and the negative influence it has had on the public’s fear of what can happen to individuals when they are alone in public. In particular, Skenazy argues that parents now over-protect their children and that the public is too quick to call the police when they see children outside by themselves. **In a response of your own, explain whether you believe children today are being over protected and robbed of their childhoods by a society that is afraid to let them grow up outside of the safety of their parents and their home. **As part of expressing your opinion, you must also use and properly format the following
quote on the topic by Lenore Skenazy herself. Following the quote, explain whether you
agree or disagree with her statement and why:
“It has become so unusual to see children outside on their own that a nervous public immediately picks up the phone at such a sight, hyperventilating about danger”
