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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. 
I guess what shocked me is that I know these kids. They are not strangers to me. They are always at the bus stop, get under my umbrella when it is raining, they accept my apples in the afternoon, I even lent sock to that girl today because she wasn't wearing any in the snow, and I happened to have spare socks in my purse.

So I guess I felt more offended my the 'stranger' than by the 'danger'.

So I agree that no kid should get in a car without the parent approval. 
However, from here to stranger danger, it is a long shot. They could just have said my mom needs to know, or whatever. 
And then gone their own way.

No???[/quote]

OP, you pressured them, you didn't respect their boundaries, you made them uncomfortable. They are kids, they don't know/aren't comfortable clearly articulating this, so they fell back on an easy slogan to tell you to back off. You may not be a stranger and you may not have any intention of harming them, but when you don't respect their boundaries you become that creepy adult.[/quote]

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