➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Why Do We Punish Parents For Letting Their Kids Go Outside Unattended? (Opinion)
Fast Company – September 26, 2016
In the U.S., the chance of having your teen or child abducted is vanishingly small, around 0.00007%, or one in 1.4 million annually, according to Daniel Gardner in his book The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain. The most common cause of preventable death for kids is car crashes, so it’s actually far more dangerous to drive your child to and from school (perhaps to prevent them from being kidnapped) than it is to let them walk.
https://www.fastcoexist.com/3063977/why-do-we-punish-parents-for-letting-their-kids-go-outside-unattended