"The big problem here is that it assumes that all manner of horrible things are inevitable if parents don't watch their children constantly."
Maybe if the libbastards would stop defending perverts and started hanging them our kids wouldn't have anything out there to befall them.
P.S. TOUCH MY FAMILY AND ....I WILL KILL YOU!
All around the sports facility my kids go to practice for their team sports are registered sex offenders (I looked it up). My children are never allowed to walk around the place alone. If I or my husband aren't with them to escort them to the locker room they know to stay with other adults or if need be with several friends. This is a major facility, very well-known where world class athletes train. My kids know not to go the bathroom or to the pro shop without company. (When my husband was running the teams he issued a heads-up to the parents.) I am amazed to see young kids sitting on the curb outside waiting for their ride. I see young ones running around alone all the time.
These kids go to schools where a nail file or an aspirin is considered a hazard but can sit curbside, alone in an area known for perverts.
I wouldn't call that child abuse. I would call it stupid.