I've had a similar childhood, but I think we all have the survivorship bias here. For the record, I've electrocuted myself, drank kerosene, burnt myself among other things. Each of which could have easily ended my life. Just because I survived, you hear from me. There may be other kids who have had worse luck and they might not be here to tell their story.
We say we had a free childhood and we turned out just fine because we survived. There are others who were not lucky. So basing how we raise our children on the premise that everything was okay and is still the same is incorrect.
The statistics say that ALMOST EVERYONE survived. That's the point here. It's very much like terrorism.. hardly anyone dies from terrorism statistically, but some people live in fear of it for no reason.
Then in the important thing to think of is, would you want your kid to be the few that did not survive. I agree you need to give kids freedom and all that, but I can't blame parents for trying their best to not put their kids in harm that can be avoided.
We say we had a free childhood and we turned out just fine because we survived. There are others who were not lucky. So basing how we raise our children on the premise that everything was okay and is still the same is incorrect.