oomis1105 – You and other posters can disagree all you want, but doesn’t make your theory accurate. Like I said I recall a case when I was a kid – that a Frum kid was taken and killed from the worker in a store. And this was in a time when the streets were more or less safe. The problem is you people don’t want to admit that you aren’t in control. Just because we do Histadlus doesn’t mean we are in control.
I’ll repeat what I posted before:
1. Try to make sure your kids don’t go anywhere alone. Alone means without a responsible adult.
2. If sometimes they have to be alone make sure they have a cell and know how to use it. If the parents aren’t home make sure their cell # is in the phone or s/o elses whom they can contact. Any school will let the kid have a cell if it’s given to the office and held there until the kid finishes school. Obviously it’s prudent to call the school and explain why they need it that day.