There were kidnappings and etc just as much in the old days ( the 50’s and 60’s). But when someone was kidnapped in California, no one outside of that town knew about it. The other bazillion American kids that were playing outside all day, running all over the county without their parents worrying at all about them unless they didn’t show up for dinner were fine. Now, my granddaughter isn’t allowed to walk the ten blocks home from her school, for fear she might be that one kid out of the bazillion that gets kidnapped today. And, since none of the kids are allowed to walk ten blocks by themselves, she would actually be a lot more likely to be kidnapped, since she’s the only one out there.
There were kidnappings and etc just as much in the old days ( the 50’s and 60’s). But when someone was kidnapped in California, no one outside of that town knew about it. The other bazillion American kids that were playing outside all day, running all over the county without their parents worrying at all about them unless they didn’t show up for dinner were fine. Now, my granddaughter isn’t allowed to walk the ten blocks home from her school, for fear she might be that one kid out of the bazillion that gets kidnapped today. And, since none of the kids are allowed to walk ten blocks by themselves, she would actually be a lot more likely to be kidnapped, since she’s the only one out there.