We are getting soft.
Yes, to the point of idiocy.

I saw on the news last night that a woman (in the Dallas area, I believe) is in trouble because she dropped her kids off at school in 30-degree weather and they actually had to stand outside for a couple of hours because school was delayed in opening. They had jackets, but no hats or gloves.

I'm sure it was no fun for the kids, but is this really something the mother should face charges over? That kind of thing was normal when I was a kid.

Another woman on the news is in trouble for leaving her young kids in the car while she went in for a tanning booth appointment. The weather was in the 30s and she was inside the salon for a total of 18 minutes, I believe. Is this really the kind of thing that constitutes child endangerment these days?