Concerned

I was watching the news today and saw a report about an abduction in a town just a few miles from here.
We live in a really great and typical "middle class" American town. We have been hearing as of late about a man driving around and approaching children.
Does it seem like when we were kids that you almost never heard about stuff like that happening or it only happened in big cities.
I miss the days when we would go out side to play in the morning and not come back home until 5ish when it was dinner time. I would never think about sending my kids out like that now.
Our children grow up in a much more protected world than we did.
I miss those days!