Advertising the kids....

Have you seen those magnetic sports balls people have on their cars?  They are baseballs or soccer balls, and they usually have the child's name on them and/or their jersey number.  Am I the only one who thinks that this is a really bad idea?  I watched a show where a woman and her daugher were at the ballpark one evening and her little girl asked if she could go play with the other kids while her mother was talking with a friend.  She was allowed to....and was never seen again.  Someone abducted her.  It just seems to me that it is giving potential abductors information they need to stalk a child, by advertising their names and numbers on their cars.  Let's face it, you could follow a car with these magnets, follow the people into the store, and as the kids are looking around, start up a conversation with them, already knowing their name!  What kid wouldn't be excited if someone came up to them saying, "Hey 'Joey', I saw your game last night.  You were awesome!"  We tell our kids not to give out personal information on the internet, we tell them to be careful about talking to strangers.  But hey, that guy knew my name!   I have been seeing cars with the magnets without the names lately, and I think that is a much better idea.  It's sad that we have to live in a time when we can't shout out to the world our children's accomplishments for fear of strangers with sick intent.  I suppose all we can do is teach our children about stranger danger, and try to keep them safe to the best of our ability.