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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 12 and 14 year old walk home from the bus stop across a wooded park, not together quite often, .6 miles.

That said when I was 14 I was walking in a busy mall parking lot with two friends when we were followed by a guy in a car and then he exposed himself to us.

We reported it to mall security and later had to ID the guy in a photo book, he was prosecuted.[/quote]

It's good that you and your 2 friends were in a busy mall parking lot with mall security nearby so that you could report the creep.

A kid walking home alone on an isolated stretch of street is usually not so fortunate.[/quote]

How much walking do you do to get from Point A to Point B? My current idea is that people who think it's too dangerous for their teenagers to walk, because the teenagers might be kidnapped/followed/pestered, are people who don't walk to get places very much themselves, if at all. It's all part of the thinking that driving is normal and safe, whereas walking is weird and dangerous.[/quote]

Your theory would be wrong.  I just know that you have to be aware of your surroundings.  Like it or not, a girl walking alone in a crowded airport is not going to be vulnerable in the same way as a girl walking down a quiet street, alone, on a rainy day.  [/quote]

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