Lex Friedman blogs here.

Lex Friedman is Macworld's Staff Writer. He formerly wrote for TidBITS and worked as the Senior Director of Product & Community at Demand Media. Views expressed here are, unsurprisingly, his own.

He co-founded The Daily Plate.

His first book, based on his website The Snuggie Sutra, is available now.

Lex also tweets with some regularity.

Better, safe -- not sorry

Stop worrying about your children,” writes Katharine Mieszkowski for Salon.

If you were a child in the ’70s or the ’80s and were allowed to go visit your friend down the block, or ride your bike to the library, or play in the park without your parents accompanying you, your children are no less safe than you were.

But it feels so completely different, and we’re told that it’s completely different, and frankly, when I tell people that it’s the same, nobody believes me. We’re living in really safe times, and it’s hard to believe.

Great article.

Posted on May 7th, 2009