The Farm
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This case has really shaken me up!
I feel like there is a whole lot more of these young boys headed in this direction due to the violence we see on tv and video games. If I had a son I would be very worried about it.
But I have two young daughters ages 14 and 11. My 14 yr old has always been very very cautious and scared of everything so I don't worry as much about her as I do my 11 yr old. She is a free spirit and has a mind of her own and always has... Once when she was around 3 she told me "I ain't afraid of nothing!" cute but scary and once when she was about the same age she got up one morning and with a scowl on her face said "Are you gonna boss me today??". Night and day with these two!
Anyway, I am terrified of something like this happening to one of them and wanted to scare them into being more cautious. My 11 yr old loves to put on her headphones and play outside after school. She is in the front or back yard but still with the headphones on she is maybe not aware of her surroundings as much. I told her about this case and didn't spare any details telling her to never approach a strangers car or talk to a stranger even teenagers and do you know what she said to me after rolling her eyes...?? "Well! It's not MY fault he did that to her!" Ummmm.....she just doesn't get it and I don't know how to make her get it.
georgiagirl, my daughter just turned 28 and lives in Westminster. The feeling you have will never go away and I have been a wreck. As a mother I never stop worrying. Someone always has a story.
Example: while they have been looking for this monster.
My daughter last week is walking her little defenseless dog. She sees a very old man up ahead with two little collie type dogs and he has the kind of crutches that wrap around your wrist. He sees her coming and all she can think of is Ted Bundy. All the poor old man wanted to know was if he went a certain way if it would bring him to a small bridge and he could get access back into the neighborhood. She answered him from a distance. He thanked her profusely and went on his way. Normally she would not have thought anything of it as she is very friendly.
This is what our society has become. Something like that hitting so close really opened her eyes. You just never know. And to find out it is a 17 year old kid.
But as a mother I never stop worrying, never.