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Originally Posted by blazey
How is a child anymore wary about this story? Its not teaching children to not talk to strangers and stay with mummy, its teaching them that a man may come in and snatch them out of their beds where they should feel safe. Hence my wording. Please tell me how little Madeleine being more wary of being kidnapped would have helped the situation? She didn't go up to a stranger and accept sweets or be lured away, she was tucked in her bed where she should've been safe. How can a child protect themselves from strangers in their sleep?
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I wasn't being specific to the original post, ( hence my statement about trying not to wander too much). I was making the point that when parents are telling children of stranger danger it should cover both sexes.