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My 5 y.o. son went missing! About to call 911
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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 76627" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>I can't tell you how many times this happened with our difficult child. The first day of school he left his classroom and joined another class. They were frantically looking for him for half of the day, but they didn't tell us until several months later. He went through a period where he left school periodically and walked home by himself (the school was two blocks away). This was usually followed by my neighbor calling me at work and saying "difficult child is ok, but...". difficult child was quite the escape artist. In fact he had a trick of walking backwards out of a door while he was talking to you!</p><p></p><p>We bought the door alarms with our alarm system and they have proven to be worth their weight in gold (especially when easy child entered the teenage years :smile: ). We also utilized high indoor locks. None of this prevented him from getting terribly lost on a camping trip in the Smokies - or various other escapades that he undertook. Not to mention the number of times we have had rushing ambulance rides to the ER - the last time being the most serious.</p><p></p><p>I suggest you continue talking to him about how parents worry when their children go missing. This took years for us. He sounds very much like our difficult child - a risk taker. It's more of a personality trait than anything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 76627, member: 3704"] I can't tell you how many times this happened with our difficult child. The first day of school he left his classroom and joined another class. They were frantically looking for him for half of the day, but they didn't tell us until several months later. He went through a period where he left school periodically and walked home by himself (the school was two blocks away). This was usually followed by my neighbor calling me at work and saying "difficult child is ok, but...". difficult child was quite the escape artist. In fact he had a trick of walking backwards out of a door while he was talking to you! We bought the door alarms with our alarm system and they have proven to be worth their weight in gold (especially when easy child entered the teenage years [img]:smile:[/img] ). We also utilized high indoor locks. None of this prevented him from getting terribly lost on a camping trip in the Smokies - or various other escapades that he undertook. Not to mention the number of times we have had rushing ambulance rides to the ER - the last time being the most serious. I suggest you continue talking to him about how parents worry when their children go missing. This took years for us. He sounds very much like our difficult child - a risk taker. It's more of a personality trait than anything else. [/QUOTE]
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