(2016·镇江第一学期期中考试)
In 1693 the philosopher John Locke warned that children should not be given too much “unhealthy fruit” to eat.Three centuries later,misguided ideas about child-raising are still popular.Many parents fear that their children will die unless ceaselessly watched.In America the law can be equally paranoid (偏执的).In South Carolina this month Debra Harrell was jailed for letting her 9-year-old daughter play in a park unsupervised(无人监督的).