My brother and I also played outside until the streetlights turned on, sometimes walking quite a few miles in the general area. Visiting friends from 4th grade,

My brother and I also played outside until the streetlights turned on, sometimes walking quite a few miles in the general area. Visiting friends from 4th grade, biking three miles to/from school, etc. Once a red Volvo 240 stopped and tried getting my brother to approach for some candy. I pulled him away and we went inside, because I'd heard rumours about some dude in the area trying to nab kids. I was about eight and he was six. Because we had learned to not talk to strangers that weren't our parents or relatives or public officials like police, medics and fire crew in uniform or in uniformed vehicles. If someone stops while we're waiting for the school bus and offers to drive us home it's not OK to get in the car unless our parents had asked our teacher to tell us that one specific family member would pick us up. Basic good upbringing, really...