Will Your Child Walk Off With aA Total Stranger in the park

According to mailonline, Most parents go to great lengths to ensure that their children exercise caution when approached by strangers,but a new investigation has revealed that their efforts may be in vain - as the majority of children are happy to be led away from their parents by someone they do not know.

Parents are now being urged to remind their children that predators are not always 'spooky cartoon characters', but often act in a friendly manner to try and win their victims' trust.

chilling findings came in an experiment which was set up by Daybreak in association with children's charity Kidscape. A number of mothers who had previously agreed to participate took their children to a playground which had been closed off to the public.

When they were there, the mothers received a phone call from producers and walked off, leaving the children to play on their own. They were then approached by a security guard who asked the youngsters, aged between five and 11, to help him look for his own child or a lost dog.

Out of nine children whom the man talked to - none of whom had ever seen him before - seven agreed to walk away from the playground with him.

DailyMail