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I never understood this "you don't have to be afraid" attitude. Children DO get kidnapped. Like, in really life. It's not just on TV. You can argue "but the pro

I never understood this "you don't have to be afraid" attitude. Children DO get kidnapped. Like, in really life. It's not just on TV. You can argue "but the probably is so small". Yeah sure, but I want to make sure it doesn't happen to MY children.

DiggyJohnson 4y ago
I'm sorry to put this so bluntly, but if you are trying to get this down to "truly 0 risk of kidnapping", there is a very high chance that you are depriving your kid of developmental opportunities in the pursuit of unrealistic risk analysis.
- t6jvcereio 4y ago
  My kids are amazing at risk analysis. They know exactly all the probablities, better than you with 90% probability.
  - Bloating 4y ago
    'cause they're not allowed to do anything but math
    - t6jvcereio 4y ago
      - DiggyJohnson 4y ago
        Please read the guidelines of this site - I’m practically begging you.
        t6jvcereio 4y ago
        Which guideline does what I wrote violates?
  - DiggyJohnson 4y ago
    This is a bizarre comment, and frankly irrational. You don’t know anything about me, and I don’t know anything about you, nor do I claim to, beyond what you shared in your comment regarding this topic precisely. I’m sorry for disagreeing with your untenable position.
    - t6jvcereio 4y ago
      It's not irrational. I know what the average person knows about risk analysis.
scotty79 4y ago
And people really do win the lottery, but you kinda don't base your life decision process on that undisputable fact. And they die in car accidents on their way to get a lottery ticket. And people are horrible about comparing such small probabilities. On the other hand you'll inevitably 100% die and very likely leave your child to live in the world (s)he is scared of.
- krainboltgreene 4y ago
  > And people really do win the lottery, but you kinda don't base your life decision process on that undisputable fact. Odds of winning the lottery: one out of 302,575,350; Odds of your child being kidnapped in a year: three out of 250
  - t6jvcereio 4y ago
    People who say "you shouldn't be afraid" are the same people who get into stupid preventable accidents. I'm ok with that.
  - 42e6e8c8-f7b8-4 4y ago
    How many of those are child custody disputes?
    - krainboltgreene 4y ago
      You cannot kidnap someone and call it a "dispute".
  - scotty79 4y ago
    Your numbers are wrong. https://www.creditdonkey.com/kidnapping-statistics.html https://www.creditdonkey.com/kidnapping-statistics.html 205 kids per year are abducted by strangers in US. More people per year win some kind of significant lottery.
    - krainboltgreene 4y ago

DiggyJohnson 4y ago

I'm sorry to put this so bluntly, but if you are trying to get this down to "truly 0 risk of kidnapping", there is a very high chance that you are depriving your kid of developmental opportunities in the pursuit of unrealistic risk analysis.

t6jvcereio 4y ago
My kids are amazing at risk analysis. They know exactly all the probablities, better than you with 90% probability.
- Bloating 4y ago
  'cause they're not allowed to do anything but math
  - t6jvcereio 4y ago
    - DiggyJohnson 4y ago
      Please read the guidelines of this site - I’m practically begging you.
      - t6jvcereio 4y ago
        Which guideline does what I wrote violates?
- DiggyJohnson 4y ago
  This is a bizarre comment, and frankly irrational. You don’t know anything about me, and I don’t know anything about you, nor do I claim to, beyond what you shared in your comment regarding this topic precisely. I’m sorry for disagreeing with your untenable position.
  - t6jvcereio 4y ago
    It's not irrational. I know what the average person knows about risk analysis.

scotty79 4y ago

And people really do win the lottery, but you kinda don't base your life decision process on that undisputable fact. And they die in car accidents on their way to get a lottery ticket. And people are horrible about comparing such small probabilities. On the other hand you'll inevitably 100% die and very likely leave your child to live in the world (s)he is scared of.

krainboltgreene 4y ago
> And people really do win the lottery, but you kinda don't base your life decision process on that undisputable fact. Odds of winning the lottery: one out of 302,575,350; Odds of your child being kidnapped in a year: three out of 250
- t6jvcereio 4y ago
  People who say "you shouldn't be afraid" are the same people who get into stupid preventable accidents. I'm ok with that.
- 42e6e8c8-f7b8-4 4y ago
  How many of those are child custody disputes?
  - krainboltgreene 4y ago
    You cannot kidnap someone and call it a "dispute".
- scotty79 4y ago
  Your numbers are wrong. https://www.creditdonkey.com/kidnapping-statistics.html https://www.creditdonkey.com/kidnapping-statistics.html 205 kids per year are abducted by strangers in US. More people per year win some kind of significant lottery.
  - krainboltgreene 4y ago