I appreciate that the world is different than it was when we were kids. But the number of un-related child abductions in the U.S. Last year was an abysmally small number.
Chances are YOU know somebody who knows somebody hit by lightning. Do you know anyone who knows anyone who has had a child abducted by a stranger? That’s how slight the risk is.
But because it is blasted all over the TVs when it does happen, folks think it’s common. It’s not common.
Parents need to relax.
I agree.
The irony is that while the odds are very much against your child being snatched by some degenerate, the odds are actually rather high that your child will be snatched by Social Services.
If you go outside the norm in child-rearing, the kidnappers will show up with paperwork signed by a judge.
And once again, the “cure” is worse than the “disease”.
Actually not far from me there was a kid who was taken and no I would not let them out at aged 6 by themselves after dark at a park where I can’t see them.
Hell I don’t even let two of my kids leave this street and they are much older than 6 and they do not certainly stay out after dark.
Parents should be parents and know where their 6 years old kid is at all times.
If this was a kid in the ghetto and then was killed by a gang banger by accident would you still be saying parents need to relax or saying where were the parents?