Many people think that modern day parents are more over-protective than parents from the past. To what extend do you agree or disagree with this view? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience Write at least 250 words.

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Many believe that parents earlier were not that over-protective about their children than parents
nowdays
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now a days
now days
. From my perspective, I completely agree with their opinion, and will now give my reasons below.
First
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of all, we know that we are living in a dynamic world which is constantly changing, with
rapid increase
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a rapid increase
the rapid increase
in the crime
rates
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rates, such
such
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as- murder, theft, blackmail, rape, kidnapping, etc. It makes sense why the parents
nowdays
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now days
are more concerned and protective about their
childs
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child's
children
whereabouts.
Also
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, knowing that the law has become
more strict
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stricter
and harsh, no parent would like their child to get in any sort of trouble. Whereas, earlier the crime rates were way low and the laws were not that strict, is the main reason why parents earlier were not that protective.
Nowdays
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Nowadays
, social media is really trending and everyone is very internet
savy
get the meaning of something
savvy
, but we forget that
alot
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a lot
of crimes are being
commited
bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude
committed
on the internet from online banking theft to hacking softwares. From my real life experience, I would share an incident which
occured
come to pass
occurred
with
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to
me. I had recently got my bank account set up and
few days
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a few days
later received a fake mail from a similar bank site, but
ofcourse
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of course
I did not know that, so I started filling up the information it asked, and all of a sudden my father called me to check up on me, and I told him what I was doing. He told me to immediately stop filling it and show him the site. After seeing it, he told me that it was a fake site and that I could have become a victim of online banking fraud.
Therefore
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, by my personal experience I would conclude by saying that it makes complete sense why parents
nowdays
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now days
are more protective about their children.
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