Yes, we do get stories about a NYC kid being abducted on a 2-block walk from school. Specifically, one kid being abducted, in 1979.
Getting hit by a car is a real risk worth accounting for. Getting abducted on the way to school isn't.
Getting hit by a car is a real risk worth accounting for. Getting abducted on the way to school isn't.
I’m not so sure about that. I live in an affluent part of WA where there’s close to zero crime. A couple times a year we get emails from the school district with descriptions of cars and people that approached kids on their way to or the school, trying to get the kids into their cars. An actual abduction has never occurred in the 5 years that I’ve lived here, but clearly there are attempts.
I don't remember being Molly cuddled like today's kids and I'm in my late 30s (UK).
Molly cuddling does sound cuter, though.
[1] https://www.seeker.com/child-abductions-by-strangers-very-ra...