Much has been made of an increase in kidnapping over the past few decades, leaving many parents afraid or causing others and authorities believe that a parent shall not let their kid be a free-range kid. What they fail to understand is that stranger kidnapping remains rare and is not the kind of kidnapping that has increased over the years. What has increased his divorces leading to custody disputes and kidnapping by the non-custodial parent who's mad the court awarded the other parent custody.
Kids are under no more danger from being kidnapped by a stranger than they are from having a heart attack, a fact that's stayed true for a long time.
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