I am blessed to live in an area of the USA that I is still civilized. If I lived in a more metropolitan area, I would be more concerned, not just with personal safety but also with what they are being taught in schools (if anything). While my children were still minors, they were required to adhere to a rather strict and old fashioned moral code. This kept them safe in most circumstances. They are both in their thirties now and have thanked me many time for preventing them from making life changing mistakes that they were to young to understand.