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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

That sentiment only works if it was normal for children to be left alone to be abducted. As the chance of them being abducted was less than being struck by lightning then you must also condemn any parent who allows their children outside when the atmosphere is potentially unstable, ie summertime

Don't be ridiculous. It's not just the threat of being abducted that they were risking, the biggest worry about leaving young children, babies really, is of an accident occurring while the parents were not at home with them, a fire, one of them wandering out of the house and getting lost or run over or falling etc etc