I need to start this particular post by saying ~
No Parent Deserves To Have Their Child Kidnapped.
Please keep in mind, I am not writing this to judge the parents of this beautiful child. Things are done different in other countries. I hope and pray that this little angel is found safe and reunited with her parents soon.
I'm writing this in response to a piece Good Morning America right here in the United States after Madeleine's kidnapping. They had a reporter ask parents if they ever leave their children alone... When I saw this piece I saw RED.
One man said if his child was sleeping in the car seat, he would lock the car with the engine running and run into the store.
They talked to more parents after this man, however I was so angered by what I just heard I couldn't hear anymore.
DON'T MAKE YOUR CHILD A TARGET
At Christmas time last year, a lady in AZ pulled up to the valet parking at Neiman Marcus in a mall, grabbed her DOG and left her 3 yr old sleeping in the car seat. She told the valet to "watch him and don't tell anyone" she'll be right back. 30 minutes later he called the police, 45 minutes later she came out arms full of packages and the dog to the waiting police and was promptly arrested, after trying to resist. She did nothing wrong, she left the child with the valet, why should she be arrested? Once this news came out someone at a Starbucks said she often does the same thing there. She had 2 counts of child neglect against her, but I never heard what happened.
When a couple decides to bring a child into this world they take on the biggest responsibility in the world, the life of a human being. That responsibility includes the safety of that child at all times.
DON'T MAKE YOUR CHILD A TARGET
How many times have you heard on the news of a car being stolen with a sleeping child in the back seat?
Approximately 270,000 children are kidnapped a year in the United States. That averages out to 758 kids per day.
58,000 of those kidnappings are non family related. 56% are recovered alive.
Numbers taken from The National Center For Missing And Exploited Children, 2002 statistics.
DON'T LET YOUR CHILD BECOME A STATISTIC
Don't leave your child unattended in a car.
Don't turn you back on your child in a stroller or a shopping cart in a store.
Keep Your Children Safe this is a site I just found while researching the statistics. It has some good information on child safety.
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