Do personalised products put kids more at risk?

[TwoLFTsAndaPCR]

Was looking at a personalised lunch box for DS who is going to be 10. School has recently sent a text to say that a student has been approached by a stranger (no more details were offered but I presume the stranger wasn't asking directions). Now I know that people are more likely to be abused by people they know. Is it however more risky to identify a student by having a name on a lunchbox?

I always feel a bit unnerved when the children at my nursery come in with personalised rucksacks. They seem really popular at the moment

I'd avoid. Same as PP it's a good reason not to wear your lanyards out of the office too.

Well no because if I wouldn’t let my dc go anywhere unattended until I was sure they wouldn’t go off with random strangers whether they know their name or not!

I think it is more likely my child will lose someone than they will be abducted. Stranger subduction is vanishingly rare. It's not what keeps me awake with worrying.

I watch any adult teen or male we know keenly. The risk is there. Extended family, friends, coaches and neighbours.