narlacat said:
I just don't understand... It's like [they] just don't care or don't watch the news, one or the other....
Hi, narlacat...
I think it's much more pervasive than just the situation with parents not knowing where their kids every single minute 24/7.
It seems that we humans are hardwired with some strange psychological trait which translated into action equals something along the lines of,
"Oh, don't be silly, that can never happen to ME, to US..."
I found it utterly confounding that so many people stayed in New Orleans during Katrina, and I became enraged when I realized how many people were in attics, WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER and none of the attics had an
axe.
When I started ranting and raving that City Code for NOLA should have insisted by strict law that EVERY single attic be equipped with an axe and a minimum week's supply of water --- well, my mate simply hushed me up and repeated again & again & again, "NOBODY believes it will happen to 'them,' absolutely NOBODY."
Until one month ago, I knew absolutely nobody who is prepared to shelter in place for a couple weeks incase of natural disaster or terror attack or avian influenza. NOONE else, and now I know of ONE other family.
And that's it.
WHY?
Well, WHY prepare - that's "paranoid," right, that's "overreacting," we all
know that something like THAT can't happen
here, .... right?
Anyway, when I do happen to see unaccompanied youngsters, I stick around unobtrusively until I see a parent re-unite with the youngster ---- happens really frequently, particularly in grocery stores.
And will continue to happen ALL of the time, cuz most people have a basically trusting naive outlook upon life in general.