Nancy McBride
Nancy McBride
children danger greater people rare type
This is a very rare type of a situation. The danger to children is much greater from people they know than from people they don't know.
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If you have a very young child, many may not be able to say their name or tell you who they are, and that's an obstacle. You've also got children who may be shy or too frightened and may not be able to talk to somebody right away.
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They are quite brazen and that is a different kind of perpetrator than the kind that tries to get close to the family.
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We've got scenarios in which parents were making actual gut-wrenching decisions to hand their child up to the front of a line of transport to get them safe. Parents performed heroic acts to try and keep their children safe, sometimes to the detriment of their own safety.
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We encourage parents and guardians to maintain open and frequent communication with their children.