{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Famerican-viewpoints.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fcan-we-keep-our-kids-too-safe-VE42CxUN","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Can We Keep our Kids Too Safe?","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a68173cb-f610-4b28-8b0c-8ea3f7a5d813/d15fd731-29b1-41ab-a894-8e2121c43e66/safety-first-graphic-with-border.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/20b63868-8233-4ec1-8d78-c7aa19a0074b\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Can We Keep our Kids Too Safe?\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Julian Adorney from the Foundatin for Economic Education argues against a trend of overprotecting children. Is critique of a \"safetyist\" mindset is that it doesn't allow for children to learn via mistakes (even painful ones) and that eventually leads to a risk-averse society that stimies creative thinking and innovation.\n\nhttps://mises.org/wire/want-protect-children-dont-embrace-safetyism"}