s/o Norwood sticker post from Private School forum

[Anonymous]

I completely agree with you OP. I even said as much on the other thread regarding this topic. It's beyond creepy. No way do I want someone else knowing my family makeup and their actual names (yes, I've seen this on one car). I never really thought about the school stickers but it's along the same line. I'm not a car-sticker person anyway, so likely I wouldn't have that on my car, but thank you for bringing it up from a reliable source (police).

[Anonymous]

A parent in my daughter's class has the school sticker on her car along with 3 little hands with her kid's names printed on them and a bethany beach sticker. This made me think of her as that is just way more than any stranger needs to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A parent in my daughter's class has the school sticker on her car along with 3 little hands with her kid's names printed on them and a bethany beach sticker. This made me think of her as that is just way more than any stranger needs to know.

It is a shame that our society is such that this is a problem but the reality is, this is unsafe behavior. Imagine how trusting a child would be if a stranger that knew the names of their siblings, their name, their sports team, school, etc. struck up a conversation. It is scary and I'm not an easily alarmed person. Putting your kids names on the car is really naive. I don't put their names on their clothes either.

[Anonymous]

While we debate Yanni, Kia's and such, I thought I'd give this a bump as it has some good info.

[Anonymous]

thanks for the GPS advice!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Last year I was sitting in traffic and the car in front of me had writing all over the windows "Girl Scout Cookies for sale. Call xxx-xxxx." There was also a school sticker on the back.
Are people really that clueless to pretty much say I have a daughter, she goes to school here and this is my phone number.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year I was sitting in traffic and the car in front of me had writing all over the windows "Girl Scout Cookies for sale. Call xxx-xxxx." There was also a school sticker on the back.
Are people really that clueless to pretty much say I have a daughter, she goes to school here and this is my phone number.

No kidding, that is way too much info. Agree, some people are clueless like the school stickers that have the sport, kids name and class on them. Now the whole world knows "Evan" plays soccer for Whatever Middle School and he will graduate in 2013 so he is around 12 years old. Wow...

[Anonymous]

Also, we are in bad economic times people are desperate and crime is on the rise.

[Anonymous]

My FIL advised me about changing the home address in my GPS just last week. It definitely makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Talk about paranoia. Anybody can be stalked or targeted at any time. This same stalker can follow you to your kid's school, follow you home regardless of whether the Brittany or Ava stick figure is on the back. I think you all are taking things a little too far. Stranger abductions are more rare than a lightning strike. Most likely it will be someone you allow into your home already -- who already knows where your kid goes to school. Get a grip. Also, I have a lot of family in law enforcement and I take what they tell me with a grain of salt. Not that it's untrue, but their perceptions are a bit skewed. My cop friends in my community tell me NEVER to shop after dark at our local mall and the crazy ass GPS thing. It's just too much and not based in reality.

[Anonymous]

Agree OP! Family is in law enforcement and I would never do it either. I also don't put my children's names on clothing or lunch boxes (on the exterior).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Talk about paranoia. Anybody can be stalked or targeted at any time. This same stalker can follow you to your kid's school, follow you home regardless of whether the Brittany or Ava stick figure is on the back. I think you all are taking things a little too far. Stranger abductions are more rare than a lightning strike. Most likely it will be someone you allow into your home already -- who already knows where your kid goes to school. Get a grip. Also, I have a lot of family in law enforcement and I take what they tell me with a grain of salt. Not that it's untrue, but their perceptions are a bit skewed. My cop friends in my community tell me NEVER to shop after dark at our local mall and the crazy ass GPS thing. It's just too much and not based in reality.

It's really more to do with not making yourself or your DC convenient targets. I don't think the GPS thing is "crazy ass", to me it makes sense but to each his (or her) own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree OP! Family is in law enforcement and I would never do it either. I also don't put my children's names on clothing or lunch boxes (on the exterior).

Question, do you put names on the inside?

This thread makes me appreciate what I thought was paranoia on my hubby's part.

[Anonymous]

Another poster here who thinks this thread is a bit paranoid. Stranger danger is just so rare. Beware the uncle, boyfriend, stepdather, teacher, neighbor, coach, and priest. The real danger is generally known to you.

As for GPS and home address, they can and always have been able to grab your registration.

[Anonymous]

If you use a PIN for your GPS, no one will be able to access the info from it anyway. Ditto the registration comment from PP.