Parental denial about parenting? NYT denial, too?

Two of the top five killers of children under 18? Homicide, which as the story notes, is usually caused by someone the child knows, and child abuse, which is ALSO usually caused by someone the child knows. Also in the top five? Suicide, which may at times be provoked by that child abuse, which the NYT yet again doesn't mention.

So, informative story, but not as informative as it could be.

Meanwhile, parents, the story notes, continue to worry about things like "stranger danger."

But, the Old Gray Lady again falls short, not investigating WHY there's this disconnect. In fact, contrary to the author saying the human brain isn't posed to analyze long-term or abstract dangers, there's nothing long-term or abstract about child abuse. Nor is there, usually, in the case of homicide caused by a known person.

Piss-poor, NYT.