I Turned Around for Just A Second!
Oct 09 '00
How many times have we heard mothers of missing children say this, after-the-fact? I am so sick and tired of seeing mothers oblivious to their children in public places! I can't tell you how many times I have seen a parent let their child wander 25 feet behind them, and never look back. Or how many I have seen be so engrossed in what they are looking at that they allow their kids to wander anywhere. I have stood by and observed this, purposely. There have been several occasions that I have watched their children for them, without them knowing it. Because I am scared for the child's safety.
Yes, I am a mother. I have a 4 year old, and I will not so much as bend over to get some milk in the store without holding on to some part of her body. I don't EVER want to have to say, "I only turned around for a second..." No, I do not make a scene, and I don't freak my daughter out. I am subtle, yet SAFE. There are too many sickos in this world, who are scamming on their prey without anyone ever knowing until they have done their deed.
I could not ever imagine my daughter being taken from me. I think about it on occasion (I have to control this tendency), and I literally go into a panic attack. The thought of a strange person having my baby girl....the thought of her being scared out of her mind....the thought of someone else raising her....the thought of someone harming her....
I feel this gut-wrenching sickening feeling for all parents who have lost their child this way. I can only imagine it as though I were living my worst nightmare. So I will do everything in my power to keep my daughter with me and safe. I was raised with a healthy fear of being kidnapped, and that is what I am striving to do with her.
And a good reminder is this: Kidnappers are not just scary looking, ugly men with long hair and rotten teeth. Most likely it is a very nice, well mannered "normal" person. The type that we would hold a friendly conversation with in a store. One who we would tell our child to say hi to in the grocery line. Maybe even a woman! Let's not stereotype these sick perverts. Our children need more awareness than that.
Let us watch our children, never turning from them for a second. Never letting them have free reign in a store, never letting go of their hand in a crowd. Yes, this takes much more effort,not to mention the emotional stress. But it takes MORE effort to give descriptions to the police, and plead on national television for our child to be returned to us safely.....
.....excuse me, I need to go kiss my sleeping girl.
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