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Re:Don’t teach kids to fear the world by notch656a on Thursday September 01, 2022 @05:08PM (#32683222)
I don't worry at all about kidnappings.

What I worry about is CPS and police officers claiming child endangerment. In my state you can be charged with child endangerment just for leaving the kid strapped into the seat on a moderate day while you walk in to pay the gas station attendant. You could potentially be arrested and charged for letting a 7 year old play alone at the park for a bit.

The kidnappers are real. But they're the CPS and police, and they can't wait to put your kids into a brutal kids-for-cash foster care system. They draw their salary under the guise of "safety" while victimizing children and sapping their independence. And busybodies everywhere have a device at the ready in their pocket, that allows them to invite months of scrutiny into your life based on 30 seconds of effort on their own part, after which the law prevents you from finding their identity or facing your accuser.

Re:Don’t teach kids to fear the world by throwaway0a5e on Thursday September 01, 2022 @06:34PM (#32684252)
Irrational reactions to statistically anomalous "stranger danger" and similiar are why CPS has that power in the first place.
Re:Don’t teach kids to fear the world by notch656a on Thursday September 01, 2022 @08:32PM (#32685210)
A good point, although it's worth noting CPS and police are not so statistically anomalous as strangers who kidnap children.