Apr 06

America

We Traded Mayberry for Mayhem

By Jessica Curtis

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We Traded Mayberry for Mayhem

From schoolyard banisters to fire whistle curfews, childhood used to feel like freedom. Today? It’s fear and locked doors. What happened to Mayberry—and can we ever get it back? Read my powerful reflection published in The American Thinker.

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