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Re:In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands ... by pixelperfect on Sunday December 17, 2017 @02:01PM (#15947087)
Are abductions rare because they almost never happen in the first place, or because Americans take extreme measures to avoid them?
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Re:In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands ... by sgk284 on Sunday December 17, 2017 @03:03PM (#15947358)
Even before helicopter parenting was a thing in America (and this continues to hold today), the vast vast vast majority of abductions happen by a relative of the child. Abductions are already very rare, but of those that happen only 3.1% are by a stranger[1].

[1] https://www.seeker.com/child-abductions-by-strangers-very-ra...

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Re:In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands ... by mattmanser on Sunday December 17, 2017 @02:37PM (#15947247)
Aren't the extreme measures a recent thing, like the last 10 or 20 years?

I don't remember being Molly cuddled like today's kids and I'm in my late 30s (UK).

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Re:In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands ... by halleym on Monday December 18, 2017 @10:39AM (#15952303)
molly-coddled

Molly cuddling does sound cuter, though.

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