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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I 100% do not worry about stranger abductions. You said you know how very rare they are, so I assume you know the statistics.

There are no real "strangers" in our house. They certainly aren't a "danger". We make sure our kids know that ONLY mom and dad or grandparents, or someone they KNOW, would be picking them up. Plain and simple. We would never recruit a person they don't know, to pick them up. Ever. Under no circumstances. If someone says otherwise, run home to a neighbor for help, or run to someone in a store and ask for help. Run to a pedestrian and ask for help. But never will a person we don't know come for you. [/quote]

OP here and I agree.  I explained to DD that if Mommy or Daddy were ever in in accident, it would never be a stranger coming to get her.  It would be a family member or a friend - someone on her emergency contact form for school or camp.  And using the term "stranger" can be confusing - I explained to DD that a stranger is someone you don't know, but sometimes you have to ask for help from someone you don't know, so it's important to know who "safe" people are, such as store employees, police in uniform, moms with kids, etc.

I know that stranger abductions are very rare compared to abductions by non-custodial parents or other relatives.  But they still happen - the Lyon sisters in MD, the Lisk sisters in VA, the Adam Walsh case, the Jacob Wetterling case, the Etan Patz case, and many others over the years.  These are the rare but headline-making cases that are any parent's worst nightmare.  In the extremely unlikely event that my kids ever cross paths with someone that wants to hurt them, I want to make sure they can react appropriately.[/quote]

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