There have been so many children taken that it seems impossible that anyone could be unaware of the danger. Every day a little one is taken from a seemingly safe place. It seems useful to take in all the news stories because child abduction awareness can make some of these horrendous kidnappings impossible.
In a recent case a mother ran into a grocery store to buy one item. She left her young daughter in the car because the weather was very cold. Five minutes later she returned to find her little girl gone. In a matter of minutes she had been abducted.
Parents routinely leave a child in the car while they run in to carry out a baby in his portable car seat. The car is in their own driveway, just feet away from the house. Still, it only takes a minute for an opportunistic pervert to take advantage of the situation.
It happens faster than imaginable. In more than one case a little girl starts home from school with friends. She disappears somewhere between school and her home.
This situation seems to grow more common with every passing day. Children above a certain age can be taught how to handle an attempt. First, never walk close to a stranger in a car. Some perverts use the ruse of asking for directions to lure a girl close enough to reach out and pull her into the car.
The second tip is to make all the noise they can so someone will notice. Kick, scream or bite to make the predator release his hold. Third, do not listen to anything a stranger has to tell them. Even a frail man or elderly woman may be trying to abduct them.
But, the smartest child under a certain age can be fooled. A stranger might look sad and ask them to help find a lost puppy. Someone they have seen while with a parent may convince the child to accept a ride home.
There are valuable precautions in place to keep children safe. None are released from school with anyone but the approved caretaker. A parent closes and locks windows at night.
Recently, women who were abducted as girls have managed to escape their captors. Some spent a decade as a virtual prisoner of the predator. If they tried to escape he may have threatened to kill their parents or beaten them severely.
Any witness to an abduction should call the police right away. Try to memorize or write down the license plate details. Make note of the color of the vehicle and what the abductor looks like.
The laws in our nation have some responsibility for allowing perverts to become repeat offenders. A rapist may get out of prison after a minimal number of years. A psychiatrist may testify that he is rehabilitated.
Realistically speaking, a gambler could bet that the predator would harm another innocent child. He would, unfortunately, win that bet. All the precautions in the world cannot prevent abductions. How long will the legal system treat the predators with more consideration than it treats the victims. The rights of the innocent should not be secondary to the rights of the offenders.
In a recent case a mother ran into a grocery store to buy one item. She left her young daughter in the car because the weather was very cold. Five minutes later she returned to find her little girl gone. In a matter of minutes she had been abducted.
Parents routinely leave a child in the car while they run in to carry out a baby in his portable car seat. The car is in their own driveway, just feet away from the house. Still, it only takes a minute for an opportunistic pervert to take advantage of the situation.
It happens faster than imaginable. In more than one case a little girl starts home from school with friends. She disappears somewhere between school and her home.
This situation seems to grow more common with every passing day. Children above a certain age can be taught how to handle an attempt. First, never walk close to a stranger in a car. Some perverts use the ruse of asking for directions to lure a girl close enough to reach out and pull her into the car.
The second tip is to make all the noise they can so someone will notice. Kick, scream or bite to make the predator release his hold. Third, do not listen to anything a stranger has to tell them. Even a frail man or elderly woman may be trying to abduct them.
But, the smartest child under a certain age can be fooled. A stranger might look sad and ask them to help find a lost puppy. Someone they have seen while with a parent may convince the child to accept a ride home.
There are valuable precautions in place to keep children safe. None are released from school with anyone but the approved caretaker. A parent closes and locks windows at night.
Recently, women who were abducted as girls have managed to escape their captors. Some spent a decade as a virtual prisoner of the predator. If they tried to escape he may have threatened to kill their parents or beaten them severely.
Any witness to an abduction should call the police right away. Try to memorize or write down the license plate details. Make note of the color of the vehicle and what the abductor looks like.
The laws in our nation have some responsibility for allowing perverts to become repeat offenders. A rapist may get out of prison after a minimal number of years. A psychiatrist may testify that he is rehabilitated.
Realistically speaking, a gambler could bet that the predator would harm another innocent child. He would, unfortunately, win that bet. All the precautions in the world cannot prevent abductions. How long will the legal system treat the predators with more consideration than it treats the victims. The rights of the innocent should not be secondary to the rights of the offenders.
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