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It’s not “children can’t navigate” so much as “children can’t fend off abduction by sexual abusers.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_danger https://en.w

• Blikkentrekker 6y ago
  Ah yes, that. That is most definitely also a problem here. I was very much warned by my parent not to go with strangers in a manner I later realized was completely counter effective as it implied that there was an easy way to tell which strangers were dangerous and which weren't. I since learned that my parent would be wiser to warn me for relatives and teachers and strangers, if he were truly so concerned for my safety rather than assuaging his moral panics. It is still however nonsensical and the chance of ill happening is considerably smaller than letting a relative babysit me. In fact, one could argue that children are safer when they be left alone, than when they be properly babysat, because the babysitter is one of the ones who would be most likely to hurt them.