In rural Georgia, a 10-year-old boy left home and walked a mile down the road to another town, where a concerned citizen called law enforcement. Deputies then arrested the boy’s mother, igniting a debate about parental rights and potential government overreach.
You need plausible deniability and proximity to get away with abuse of kids, and parents have the most of both.
However, I was groped thousands of times as a kid in lines by strangers. And I mean THOUSANDS. To this day I do not like strangers standing behind me.
I was almost nearly abducted off the street as a kid.
So yes, strangers can still be an issue, even if parents and other people with more proximity are more often the bigger issue.