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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Japan as a non Japanese.  The U.S. is simply not set up in the same way. First, Japanese people are much more mindful of pedestrians and cyclists.  Driving down my narrow Japanese street is terrifying, bc if someone walks out in front of me, it is totally my fault (even if they are negligent). Cars are "stronger" than people or bikes, so the driver is always blamed for not being more careful.  Also, the crime rate is significantly less. [b]Child abduction is linked to family members, not pedophiles (although sex crimes exist-groping on trains etc).[/b][i][u]  Schools are set up so that kids can walk to schools in groups with teacher chaperones. Trains are accurate and perfectly timed.  Society has to be set up like this bc the Japanese want their workforce at work, not encumbered by school drop off. It is pretty amazing. [/quote]

That is *exactly* the same in the US.  Stranger child abduction in the US is extraordinarily, exceedingly, rare.  And yet, for some reason, US parents are fixated on it in a way that isn't the case in most of Europe and Asia.[/quote]

They are rare because most people aren't letting their young kid walk around unsupervised.  [b]If you look at most cases of children being kidnapped, raped, or found dead by a stranger most were when the kid was out playing alone unsupervised.[/b]  There is no way a 5 year old is going to fight off an adult.   [/quote]

But if you look at cases of children being kidnapped, raped, or murdered, most were not done by a stranger.

Also, when five-year-olds did used to walk to school by themselves (for example), stranger abduction was just as rare as it is now.[/quote]

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