[NYC Republican]

I despise Tim Robbins and Sean Penn, but Mystic River was showing on my flight and I decided to watch it... I really enjoyed it, I have to admit

In the opening scene, one of the boys was abducted by two older men pretending to be police officers... They told one of them to go into the car. The code obviously wouldn't help here. Any thoughts on what's the best way for a child to handle this? Run? Scream until others hear? ???

[AppyPappy]

Oddly, it almost never happens. I think most kids are kidnapped from a "sitting position". An abductor looks for children who are alone and out of view of witnesses. This was a strange case.

[jwalburg]

I found a great site that had 50 free tips. Some were things I had never thought of. Like, if you're in a parking lot, banging on cars might set off car alarms and draw attention. Telling kids that adults never need help from kids and that if they ask for help (like finding lost puppies) you should run.

kids fighting chance

[ShadowDancer]

Unfortunately, I've had to flat out tell my kids to never, ever, ever go anywhere with a police officer. I don't think my youngest gets it yet (she's five) but my oldest seems to, God I hope. I've told them over and over again that no police officer would ever come to get them if I were hurt, that only their immediate family would so if a cop tells them that, they are lying through their teeth. What really helped was that a few weeks ago her class went on a field trip and one stop was to the police station and they backed that up 100%