![]() ![]() Second thoughts: Paige then changed her mind and ran off to rejoin her mother nearby ![]() ![]() One confessed yesterday that she had barely slept since the experiment. Most of the mothers who took part wept afterwards, shaken by what they had witnessed. It’s been a hugely revealing experiment - and a salutary one.įor we are all so consumed with anxiety about the dangers of the internet and social networking that we risk losing sight of the fact that last year 273 children in Britain were the victims of physical abduction.īut while it’s been worthwhile, our experiment has also been hugely distressing. The longest time it took for him to convince a child to accompany him was three minutes. Our stranger managed to lure one child away in just 33 seconds - that’s barely the time it takes to say hello. Only two - an eight-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl - were suspicious enough to refuse. ![]() Yet of the nine children our ‘stranger’ approached aged between five and 11, seven agreed to go with him. Warning: All the children had been told about the risk of talking to people they do not knowĮvery single mother was confident that she had educated her child about ‘stranger danger’.Īnd every single one was confident that her child would refuse to go anywhere with someone they didn’t know. ![]()
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