No ones safe anymore....
By Dseacrest
@Dseacrest (203)
United States
May 1, 2007 10:22pm CST
I just don't get it. I am thankful no one was taken or hurt in the matter but come on. My daughter brought home a note from school that a man was trying to pick up kids. It said that he tried to lure kids to his truck to look at photos. Mind you the parents were picking the kids up from the park after a school get together. As this was happening the man knowing the parents were there still tried to talk the kids into looking at these pictures.
At the same time there is a man trying to pick up women or teen girls. At first, he just tried to pick them up and now, he carries a gun. I only hope that no one has been abducted by him. The cops don't seem to have a clue as to where he goes or anything. The news said " It's a white truck made in the 90's and he is hispanic with facial hair"..uh, ok that about names all the yard work guys in our area. It also describes hundreds of trucks. I can't count how many white trucks there are.
I guess my problem is that kids aren't safe to play outside alone anymore. Used to be they could go in the back yard or run to a neighbors house to hang out. Now, I am afraid for her to even go to school. This is just not cool at all. What would be your take on this? If you were a parent and knew this stuff was happening in your area how would you react?
Me, I am really nervous.
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@Dseacrest (203)
• United States
2 May 07
Oh, I am so sorry about that. Yeah my daughter likes to try to help everyone and she ends up talking to strangers. She has to get out of this habit.
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@cyrile07 (236)
• Philippines
2 May 07
i would definitely feel the way you feel about this.. probably be scared of my kids.. i dont know what to do if there's something bad happend to anyone in my family... i would tell my kids to not walk home alone and not go out of the house after 7pm unless accompanied by an adult.. not to talk to strangers or not go to some place that is not familiar to any of his/her family, dont let your kids go to dark alleys, you have to know the friends and numbers of your kids friends and talk to your kids constantly.. let them not be afraid but let them be cautious in what they do or who they talk to.. let them learn to defend themselves.. during summer class enrol them to self defense class.. above all.. dont forget to PRAY.. GOD knows best and knows our future.. :)
@superchook (1786)
• Australia
3 May 07
Unfortunately it is not safe anywhere anymore and you don't know who you can trust. My kids get funny with me because I am over protective, I try and explain the dangers and why I don't want them going off on their own, but they always think it wouldn't happen to them. When I was a kid, I was able to do more than what my kids can do these days, but you hear of too many things happening these days.
@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
3 May 07
This is the reason my son is so very protective of his children. He is a stay at home dad and home schools his kids. He teaches them all they need to know about watching out for people. He has made them aware and he now has them in Karate class. The thing about it is it is a shame that in todays world that children can not be allowed to be children for long because of all the abductions that have happened. I am glad that I am not a parent raising a child today. My son has his hands full with raising three children, 9,11, and 12.
