[Fergal]

Sounds counter-intuitive, but there are great points in this article: Don’t Teach Your Kids to Fear the World

What do you think, do we do kids a disservice when we teach them that the world is a dangerous place?

[peachpurple]

We teach kids that the world is full of good and bad people. We teach them how to becareful, defend ourselves and how to survive in the marketplace. As our kids grow up, they will learn from mistakes.

[Fergal]

they will learn from mistakes

It's good to learn from mistakes, it is even better when those mistakes are not your own

[mrki444]

What do you think, do we do kids a disservice when we teach them that the world is a dangerous place?

No we don't but we still should convice them to go and explore world traveling and communicating. It is not everything or everybody dangerous.