“As someone whose mother traumatized her by an extreme form of stranger danger, thank you for this. I’m still afraid of people at 25,” another person wrote.

The phrase was “stranger danger.” It was used by parents on the playground, waiting for buses, in shopping centers. It was meant to keep children safe from predators.

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