Did you by chance follow the CA case where the little girl was taken from her bedroom at night? In MSM comments there was a lot of blaming of the parents. This was a random perp that broke in their home and took her.
The father finally commented back on MSM. The hurt and frustration that he had to endure on top of what happened to the daughter was a real eye opener.
Families do read what people say and it can be very hurtful. There is a local cold case in my community. The family moved to another state after their daughter was brutally murdered. They could not handle the way the community treated them on top of loosing their daughter. This happened in 1988 and the family just recently moved back. They were trying to enjoy a meal the other night and a couple at another table were pointing and talking about who they were and the circumstances. The father posted this on a MSM support page. It made the parents feel awful and he felt it was a mistake that they moved back home. I feel so bad for what these parents have to endure on top of the most awful thing a parent could ever possibly experience.
Yep! There are not enough safety precautions in the world to keep every child safe. That is just a fact. If you take every precaution and never let your child out of your sight, guess what you 'll have ? A scared, panicky , anxious adult who's afraid of life outside their door ! So do you take the chance and let them live a bit ?
I breathed this big sigh of relief when my kids became teens and thought a lot of the childhood dangers had passed. Guess what ? My son had 3 wrecks in his car within SIX weeks of getting his driver's license. Do I tell my younger child who's 15 now she cannot drive ever because obviously driving causes wrecks? I mean, it's the same thing, just equate it to predators. Do you remove your child's LIFE experience because some kids get kidnapped? Do you remove their ability to swim in summer because some kids drown ? Can they go on an airplane? You know one crashed yesterday and I'm sure there are tons of ' cancellations' today , right?
OT but not really . When I was in school a girl that I knew had a horrible accident on a trampoline. She was out of school for many days and when she came back her whole face was still black from it. Five years later in high school, she still had black circles under both eyes from the accident. It was a sort of permanent bruise or maybe ruined blood vessels, idk what. Before this my mom was a ' do not ever jump on a trampoline, they're way too dangerous' type of lady. We never did that I can remember. But after seeing this girl's face I , myself, was like trampolines are from the DEVIL. I'd never go on one. Then I had kids and would you know a neighbor got a trampoline
..... my son begged and begged and I let him go. I could not watch him jump because my heart stopped but I let him go and do it because kids NEED to jump on a flipping trampoline in their life. That's living, that's childhood. It HAS to be done. After some months , my panic subsided and he just went over and jumped a lot with 3 or 4 boys at a time ! Can you believe? Well, you know what comes next? He broke his foot ........ on the trampoline . Orthopedic we went to said almost all of their injuries are from trampolines and he and many other ortho's wished they would outlaw them. That's a dangerous thing ! Rambling... I'm so sorry . But some risks have to be taken in order for a child to live a full life. Imagine losing your child and looking back and thinking they never go to ...... jump, run, play , swim, fly, etc. because I was too scared to let them and ends up they got some random cause of death that I could not prevent anyway and I squashed their short lifetime out of my own fear . Sorry for the rambling.
Beginner's Luck this is in NO way directed at your post, just a random quasi rant that I hope is eye opening for some
