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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 319860" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>It is so sad. People go missing everyday. I will keep these girls in my prayers, and the father of the child and his family. I will hope that the mother of that girl is tortured by the other inmates long and hard before dying and going to He.</p><p></p><p>There is little room in my heart for forgiveness of those who abuse and abduct the innocent. I am not consumed with hatred, I simply use my energy to pray for those who have not done horrific things to children and other innocents. Esp a mom who sells her child, or who lets her child go missing for a month before she tells police.</p><p></p><p>OK has seen more than our share of kidnaps and murderers. I am always aware when I am in public. I work to keep my kids aware also.</p><p></p><p>I was the victim of an attempted kidnapping as a child. A man drove up to me as I walked home from the library (we lived in OH then and the library shared the parking lot with my school). He knew my name, and my uncle's name. Told me my uncle sent him to come and get me because my dad was in the hospital. Even told me that my uncle and gma couldn't come get me because they were donating blood so my dad would live.</p><p></p><p>If he hadn't mentioned that specific uncle I might have gotten into the car. That uncle, my dad's little brother, told me from the time I could walk that if anything EVER happened that he, my gma, or one of my aunts or my great aunt would come get me. NEVER a stranger or "friend" from work. It would be someone I knew or no one. </p><p></p><p>He was a paramedic and fire dept volunteer. Safety was HUGE with him, so he drilled it into us. </p><p></p><p>I went home, called my gma to see if Dad was OK and then never said anything for years. I was so scared, I remember sitting in my bed shaking and deciding to not tell anyone because they might do something to make my brother get home earlier. We were latchkey kids and my bro was NOT someone I wanted to be home alone with - esp if he had to come home early to be sure I was safe.</p><p></p><p>I finally told my mom when Wiz was a toddler. I also called my uncle and thanked him. Who knows what would have happened. He vaguely remembers a coworker with the look and car that I described, someone who didn't like him much but that he didn't really work with or know. </p><p></p><p>Talk to your kids. Choose a safe word that is unusual. If ANYONE but a parent or close relative is to pick up your child make sure that the person says the safe word before your child goes with them. </p><p></p><p>Go over safety rules for your kids who are off to college. A panic button would be a good gift for anyone who walks anywhere at night (even to a late class or friend's house on a college campus). work with volunteer groups to set up Safe Walk programs, where kids work from a central point and walk people home from libraries and late classes. Safety at night really can be as simple as staying iwth a group. I did this in college. We waited in the lounge at the library and would send 1-2 guys or 2-3 girls to walk a person home at night. It boosted the night time safety record substantially, esp for rapes.</p><p></p><p>Do whatever it takes to be sure your kids are safe. And that you are too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 319860, member: 1233"] It is so sad. People go missing everyday. I will keep these girls in my prayers, and the father of the child and his family. I will hope that the mother of that girl is tortured by the other inmates long and hard before dying and going to He. There is little room in my heart for forgiveness of those who abuse and abduct the innocent. I am not consumed with hatred, I simply use my energy to pray for those who have not done horrific things to children and other innocents. Esp a mom who sells her child, or who lets her child go missing for a month before she tells police. OK has seen more than our share of kidnaps and murderers. I am always aware when I am in public. I work to keep my kids aware also. I was the victim of an attempted kidnapping as a child. A man drove up to me as I walked home from the library (we lived in OH then and the library shared the parking lot with my school). He knew my name, and my uncle's name. Told me my uncle sent him to come and get me because my dad was in the hospital. Even told me that my uncle and gma couldn't come get me because they were donating blood so my dad would live. If he hadn't mentioned that specific uncle I might have gotten into the car. That uncle, my dad's little brother, told me from the time I could walk that if anything EVER happened that he, my gma, or one of my aunts or my great aunt would come get me. NEVER a stranger or "friend" from work. It would be someone I knew or no one. He was a paramedic and fire dept volunteer. Safety was HUGE with him, so he drilled it into us. I went home, called my gma to see if Dad was OK and then never said anything for years. I was so scared, I remember sitting in my bed shaking and deciding to not tell anyone because they might do something to make my brother get home earlier. We were latchkey kids and my bro was NOT someone I wanted to be home alone with - esp if he had to come home early to be sure I was safe. I finally told my mom when Wiz was a toddler. I also called my uncle and thanked him. Who knows what would have happened. He vaguely remembers a coworker with the look and car that I described, someone who didn't like him much but that he didn't really work with or know. Talk to your kids. Choose a safe word that is unusual. If ANYONE but a parent or close relative is to pick up your child make sure that the person says the safe word before your child goes with them. Go over safety rules for your kids who are off to college. A panic button would be a good gift for anyone who walks anywhere at night (even to a late class or friend's house on a college campus). work with volunteer groups to set up Safe Walk programs, where kids work from a central point and walk people home from libraries and late classes. Safety at night really can be as simple as staying iwth a group. I did this in college. We waited in the lounge at the library and would send 1-2 guys or 2-3 girls to walk a person home at night. It boosted the night time safety record substantially, esp for rapes. Do whatever it takes to be sure your kids are safe. And that you are too. [/QUOTE]
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