Especially for kids.

The statistics say it all. 

Writing for New York Magazine, Jennifer Senior collected the following data points: 

• The physical abuse of children fell by 55% from 1992 to 2011.

• Sexual abuse fell by 64% from 1992 to 2011.

• Abductions by strangers fell by 51% from 1997 to 2012.

• Motor vehicle deaths for children under 13 years old fell by 43% in the past decade.

The Washington Post came to a similar conclusion, with a headline "There's never been a safer time to be a kid in America." 

As in: 

• In 1935, there were just under 450 deaths for every 100,000 kids between ages 1 and 4. Now there are 30 deaths per 100,000 kids in that age range.

• More than 800 child pedestrians were killed from being hit by a car in 1993. There were fewer than 250 such deaths in 2013.

• Reports on missing persons under age 18 have gone down 40% from 1997 to 2014.