According to free-range child advocate Lenore Skenazy, there are a little over 100 stranger abductions per year in the US. [1].  Therefore, abductions are a not a big deal.<p>According to Wikipedia, 100 years ago, there were about 100 lynchings per year in the US.  [2] Therefore, lynching is a big deal.<p>I love this meme about the media.  Quick question: for you, personally, when was the last time you saw a media story about an abducted child?  When was the last time you saw a media story about paranoid helicopter parents, etc, repeating the ideas you see above?  In my experience, the ratio is 1:10 if not 1:20.<p>There&#x27;s a very straightforward reason why parents keep their kids indoors: the same parents, while outdoors, regularly encounter human beings that they wouldn&#x27;t trust their kids around.  Deinstitutionalization anyone?  Free-range mental patients or free-range children: pick one.  [3]<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.freerangekids.com&#x2F;over-700-children-are-abducted-a-day-says-viral-video&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.freerangekids.com&#x2F;over-700-children-are-abducted-...</a>
[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lynching" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lynching</a>
[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;History_of_psychiatric_institutions#Deinstitutionalization" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;History_of_psychiatric_institu...</a>