Your Kids Need to Know This

[tlcya]

I'd rather make an unwarranted call to 911 in iffy circumstances than not call and find out I'd witnessed an abduction later and failed to act.

 

[legalmania]

I feel that NBC's study was definitely flawed. The child in the video was not a good actress and did not act legitimately terrified. She didn't start crying, kicking, hitting, or even screaming at the top of her lungs. I really did not get a sense of fear from her which I'm sure has to be hard to create when you're not really in danger. She didn't act any different from a disobedient child throwing a tantrum. Since everyone has seen hundreds of tantrums but most people have never witnessed an actual child abduction, it's understandable that people would assume that it was a child just being a brat to her stepdad.

An abductor who decides to abduct a random child is most likely going to do it in front of as few witnesses as possible. If they do decide to abduct a child from a downtown area, they would most likely use lures to get the child to come into their car. Grabbing a screaming child and throwing them into your car with dozens of witnesses around is extremely risky. The only case I can think of where that occurred was Samantha Runnion and there was only one witness and thanks to her description, he was caught within a couple of days of Samantha's body being found. Etan Patz was kidnapped from a busy NYC street yet no one saw a thing. Why? Because the abductor most likely got Etan to go into his car willingly by using questions/lures.

The best thing for anyone in a scenario like the one shown in the video to do would be to single out one person for help. Look them straight in the eye and tell them to call 911 and get you help. That puts all the responsibility on that one person and it will make it more likely that they wouldn't depend on someone else to do something.

There are 72 million children under the age of 18 in the United States. 115 children a year are kidnapped every year by strangers. There is so much paranoia over something that has a 0.000159722222% chance of happening to the average child. I think there is a big correlation between stranger danger and child obesity.

First of all children who get abducted are not actors. Adam Walsh was taken right in front of a busy mall in front of about 20 people, he did not scream he just went with his abductor. Elizabeth Smarts captures took her in front of many crowds and also were approached by L.E. but she was afraid to talk. Waiting for 911 isn't always the best solution, lets say there is a bank robbery down the street then LE will be busy and if you sound like you're not sure if it's an abduction they will take their time. I wouldn't call it paranoia, if only one child is taken that is to many. Let's take Natalee Holloway for instance, she was the only missing person in Aruba for I'm not sure how long, but because Joran Van der Sloot her alleged killer was not caught that lead to another young lady Stephanie Flores losing her life. We want to stop it altogether, even if it's one at a time.

 

[arielilane]

Kudos to the young men for their efforts. I thought the others that made no attempts were an embarrassment.

 

[arielilane]

I feel that NBC's study was definitely flawed. The child in the video was not a good actress and did not act legitimately terrified. She didn't start crying, kicking, hitting, or even screaming at the top of her lungs. I really did not get a sense of fear from her which I'm sure has to be hard to create when you're not really in danger. She didn't act any different from a disobedient child throwing a tantrum. Since everyone has seen hundreds of tantrums but most people have never witnessed an actual child abduction, it's understandable that people would assume that it was a child just being a brat to her stepdad.

An abductor who decides to abduct a random child is most likely going to do it in front of as few witnesses as possible. If they do decide to abduct a child from a downtown area, they would most likely use lures to get the child to come into their car. Grabbing a screaming child and throwing them into your car with dozens of witnesses around is extremely risky. The only case I can think of where that occurred was Samantha Runnion and there was only one witness and thanks to her description, he was caught within a couple of days of Samantha's body being found. Etan Patz was kidnapped from a busy NYC street yet no one saw a thing. Why? Because the abductor most likely got Etan to go into his car willingly by using questions/lures.

The best thing for anyone in a scenario like the one shown in the video to do would be to single out one person for help. Look them straight in the eye and tell them to call 911 and get you help. That puts all the responsibility on that one person and it will make it more likely that they wouldn't depend on someone else to do something.

There are 72 million children under the age of 18 in the United States. 115 children a year are kidnapped every year by strangers. There is so much paranoia over something that has a 0.000159722222% chance of happening to the average child. I think there is a big correlation between stranger danger and child obesity.

It is not known what actually happened to Etan Patz. Etan has never been found and the monster remains a coward (I'm putting that as nicely as possible) and would not disclose the information. However, it is believed that Etan was most likely put in a cab by the abductor.

The monster lived in a drainage tunnel and did not own nor drive a vehicle. Had the school (one of many) notified Etan's parents of his absence that morning, it would have been helpful. People not getting involved...

 

[legalmaniac]

There are plenty of children in divorced families that would say that to a stepfather or boyfriend. "your not my dad", there should be a different statement being yelled.

That is true.

Young children are taught to say "This is not my mom/dad/parent" now in school and preschools as part of stranger danger training. I think someone tried to come up with something that wasn't "No", "I don't want to", or "Help" that would frequently be yelled by a child throwing a temper tantrum.

With the rise in single parenting, divorce, and blended families maybe the powers that be will rethink that catch phrase.

 

[sherbetjello]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect