I find that not only parents are making life as easy as possible for their children, but society is trying to regulate your life more and more. Not in the way that you're not allowed to do things, but in the way that going through life should be as painless as possible.
You can find a kitchen appliance for any problem you could possibly find. Almost the entire EU has the same currency, to make it easier to trade and travel. You can have your child on a leash so you don't lose it, and cover all the sharp edges in your house with foam so nobody accidentally gets hurt. The latest thing I heard was that the scales for how dangerous an avalanche is in the Alps and in Sweden have to be modified so the same number means the same thing on the scales. This because people who have gone to the Alps thought it wasn't as dangerous as they thought it was skiing off-piste. They couldn't look it up before they threw themselves out onto the mountain? Don't get me wrong, some of these things are great. But a lot of them are silly. We have to use our brains less and less. It's like the government is our helicopter parents. They're afraid that if something requires too much effort, it's their fault.
We have this thing called common sense, and we're forgetting what it's used for. If we could only think before we act, these things wouldn't be a problem. Come on people, use your brains!
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