Back-to-school dangers: Kids' backpacks pose threat to personal safety
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Amid the excitement of getting back to school, safety experts are warning that personalized backpacks could make children an easy target for predators.
"Half the battle of a predator trying to initiate contact with a child is to break that barrier," Matthews told Fox News. "The most obvious is the unnoticed and [children] forget about their name being on their backpack." "A child is so innocent and vulnerable, I just don’t see any logic in announcing [their name]." "Even when a complete stranger says our name in public, we can’t help but to stop and look at them and wonder, even for a split second, if they are referring to us. Sometimes that is all it takes." "Why make it so easy?" he added.More Related News