Ironweed
06-23-2005, 04:01 PM
Weird times we live in.
Does 'stranger danger' go to far?
Expert says kids need to evaluate situations
TRANSCRIPT
Updated: 10:56 a.m. ET June 23, 2005
Brennan Hawkins, the 11-year-old Utah Boy Scout who was found on Tuesday after going missing for four days, told his family that he was afraid rescuers "would steal him," perhaps delaying authorities from finding him in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City.
That leaves the question of whether society focuses too much on the wrong thing when teaching kids to protect themselves from being "stolen," as Brennan put it?
Consider these numbers: Every day in this country about 2,000 children are reported missing. That means close to 800,000 kids are reported missing every year, but only 115 kids a year are victims of what is viewed as classic stranger abductions. So is the stranger-danger lesson maybe outdated?
Continued (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8331335/)
Does 'stranger danger' go to far?
Expert says kids need to evaluate situations
TRANSCRIPT
Updated: 10:56 a.m. ET June 23, 2005
Brennan Hawkins, the 11-year-old Utah Boy Scout who was found on Tuesday after going missing for four days, told his family that he was afraid rescuers "would steal him," perhaps delaying authorities from finding him in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City.
That leaves the question of whether society focuses too much on the wrong thing when teaching kids to protect themselves from being "stolen," as Brennan put it?
Consider these numbers: Every day in this country about 2,000 children are reported missing. That means close to 800,000 kids are reported missing every year, but only 115 kids a year are victims of what is viewed as classic stranger abductions. So is the stranger-danger lesson maybe outdated?
Continued (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8331335/)