All good parents are...that's why they do their utmost to keep them safe.
This is something to bear in mind when watching the reactions of parents who are claiming their children have been abducted by the boogey man. Did they do their utmost to keep their children safe? If the answer's no, or there is something in their grief, or their story, that is "not quite right" this is a massive red flag to LE.
No argument, you make excellent points too - but there are some people who seem to have almost a vested interest in stirring up panic and fear in others. Perhaps they somehow are trying to convince themselves that outwardly upstanding citizens NEVER hurt their kids...I don't know. Either way, the bogeyman stealing your children from your beds is NOT a common occurence. It happens, there are cases - but they are statistically insignificant. Now ALL our kids are all getting fat because we are too scared to let them play in the street or walk to school...they are the first generation that is likely to die before their parents, ever, due to these lifestyle changes...which are mainly based in a needless fear.
I was the worst sort of fearful parent - but even I managed to relax enough to let my kids walk to high school. They always had to call me the instant they got home and my heart would fly into my throat if they were even a minute late. They still don't know about this - it was MY fear and I kept it from them. I gave them all the advice and tools for stranger danger, but at some point I actually had to suck it up and let them go and realise that statistically, they would be fine.
My kids aren't fat, they both walk and ride their bikes around and I like to think they had an "ordinary" childhood, just like I did...not coddled and wrapped up to soothe MY issues.
BBM
Who are you talking about?
I have a vested interest in the entire truth being told. It has nothing to do with panic and everything to do with awareness. Are you saying that strangers arent trying to abduct children even in broad daylight?If so, then you must not read about the cases where it seems to be happening everyday somewhere in this country. It matters not if the kidnapper takes the child from their home, yard, or walking to or from school. They are still kidnapped and victims of attempted kidnapping by a stranger.
I am not quite sure what you are implying when you state 'Did they do their utmost to keep their children safe?' Are you blaming the parents of children who were abducted from their own bedrooms or kidnapped else where by a pedo stranger and later found murdered or the child never found? The Van Dams, Lunsford, Greone, Klass, Walsh, Runion, Thompson, Smart, and countless other parents who have had to endure the trauma of having a child kidnapped? Every child should be safe in their own homes or in their yards or going anywhere they please. The parents arent to blame when a predator strikes right out of the blue with no warning.
Whether it is a common occurence or not doesnt ever mean it doesnt happen. That brings very little solace to the Newbold family who is now going through the nightmare of losing a child due to a predator. Did statistics protect Sierra and so many others just like her?
We dont have a clue how many children go missing from their own bedrooms. Posters on this very thread have found multiple cases where it happened right in that area and that doesnt cover but one small area.
Who is trying to convince themselves that parents dont harm their children? Anyone that has been on message boards for very long or has kept up with true crime knows all to well that some parents are capable of doing horrendous things to their own children. I think the number is even higher than the 400 children a year killed by one of their bio parents.
I dont agree........most children who are obese is because now they stay in front of a computer and stay inside and dont get out to run and play where they would get exercise. And a lot of children today sadly are raised on fast food too which is the worst food they can eat. It has nothing to do with being fearful of a stranger abduction, imo. Not one statistician has stated fear of stranger abductions is a reason for child obesity.
IMO
