Kind of confused why people think noone can know their child's name, to tell the truth. Do you never say "John! Come here RIGHT NOW" in a store? Do you think when kids are walking home that someone is not saying "Sally! Sally! Wait for me!"? Another thing: "bad guys" often hang out where people are playing (sports fields, playgrounds, etc) and they pick up on names there too. Instead of trying (and failing) to hide someone's name, I would suggest different tactics that could hold more weight when you're not around. When I was very young, we lived in Houston and there were some scary incidents. My mom taught me that the ONLY people I could EVER ride home with---or even APPROACH the car---would be mom and dad. Anyone else would have to have our secret family password, and that whoever she gave that password to would know NOT to approach me or get too close to me, but to say what they were supposed to say from a safe distance. One time I was sitting outside school on the corner, waiting for mom. She wasn't there, but there was a white car that looked familiar. She honked the horn, but I didn't budge. She honked again, I didn't move. She rolled down her window and called my name---oh, it was my aunt. But, she needs to say the secret password BECAUSE mom didn't tell me that my aunt was picking me up. I didn't go near, I had to say loudly "You need the password, go call mom". My aunt drove to the payphone at the school and had to call mom who was working late, and ask for the password, then come back and say from the car what it was. I think mom told her not to fuss at me, but I could tell she seemed a little put out, but I got LOTS of praise when I got home....and the new password, lol. Never came up again, so my brother and I still remember it, but didn't have to use it. Teach your children that if they are walking home from school, they need to walk HOME from SCHOOL, not get in the car, even if it is someone they know. So many people have cellphones (including kids) that I don't see this being hard. If they're too young to have a controlled cellphone, then they may be too young to be alone. If another option comes up, they need to phone and ask first. I grew up knowing that if I called, I would probably be rewarded with whatever I wanted to do, but there would be hell to pay if I didn't call and my "plan" changed and I wasn't where I was supposed to be. Teach your children to have confidence, be observant, do some people watching with them and talk about what they see to you. Train them on instincts and let them practice with you. Teach them your safety rules and "test" them when they aren't aware on those rules. Someone told me I shouldn't put those family stickers (the mom, dad, 2 boys, cat) on my car because you don't want people to know you have a little child. I was like right.....like walking past the car and seeing the 2 carseats won't tip them off? Don't get me wrong, my son's bag isn't embroidered. But it isn't because someone can kidnap him by knowing their name (I've told him as much as I talk to him and his brother, and as many activities they're in, the whole world should know his name by now, so that means NOTHING)....it's because his Spiderman backpack doesn't really have a place to do it, I'm too cheap to have it done and I certainly am not going to pick up a needle and thread, and if it is in good shape it'll probably be handed down to his little brother when he gets on his next kick (Star Wars next? Who knows...). We do the hard cover luggage tags that I inserted the emergency / ID cards downloaded from the Red Cross website in there (His name, parent's names and cell numbers, work number, doctor's name and number, allergies, and 2 emergency contacts are all on that folding card. But from the outside, it's just a bright green square).