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Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State is a 2020 history book by American historian Paul M. Renfro. The book investigates the development of the "interlocking myths of stranger danger" in the 1970s and 1980s and their effects on American law and culture, including their influence over family values and social attitudes toward LGBT people.
Such is the rarity of "stranger danger" abductions and killings of children in the United Kingdom that in May 2015, an online video portraying the dangers of strangers and potential abduction situations was in fact condemned by critics, due to these crimes being so rare.
In 1984, U.S. senator Mitch McConnell, then working as a judge, blamed the increase of "child tragedies" on the openness of "homosexual activities" of the time. [2] The missing children panic popularized the "stranger danger" narrative in American culture, which was communicated through popular children's and adult's entertainment.
The Safe Side is a series of safety videos and other products, founded in 2005 by Julie Clark, founder of The Baby Einstein Company, & John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted and co-founder of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Each DVD and CD provides important safety tips.
Stranger fear is less likely in older children (i.e. at least six years old) since there is a greater readiness for them to accept behavioral information from outside the family. [12] However, studies show that older children do exhibit increased anxiety to new threats and avoidant responses following discussion with parents. [ 13 ]
The stranger anxiety (when the baby is alone with the stranger). The child's reunion behavior with its caregiver. On the basis of their behaviors, the children were categorized into three groups, with a fourth added later. Each of these groups reflects a different kind of attachment relationship with the caregiver.
Thereafter stranger anxiety typically emerges, and young children will normally exhibit signs of distress when presented with unfamiliar individuals, and will tend to prefer those with whom they are familiar rather than strangers. [16] [17]: 392–3 [b] This reaction is generally referred to as stranger anxiety or stranger wariness. [18]: 2158
The first Hollywood production was completed in 2003. The show was created from the cause of children's safety and was the first show to successfully put Disney-quality productions into a quality curriculum. Danger Rangers was the most successfully distributed independent show on PBS affiliates and was documented to have saved lives. [1]