Every week there is another device, hyper alarmist story, or 'safety tool' to prevent one's child from being abducted.
It's idiotic. There are 76 million kids in the US. Only 12,000 are abducted by someone other than a parent, and of those there are less than 200 "stereo typical" kidnappings (as in ones with intent to murder or a ransom demand) yearly.
To put the likelihood of one's child being abducted into perspective, a kid is more likely to be struck by lightening whilst flying a broom stick under the brooklyn bridge during a high speed pursuit involving pandas and elephants on over sized broomsticks of their own*.
And yet, despite the remote chance one's kid will be abducted, 1 in 3 parents report abduction being an active concern - greater than most. Seriously? Unless one actively worries about every disease on the planet, chill out, let kids be kids, and maybe when they grow up they'll be a little less paranoid than us.
How about we parents start worrying more about their kids fat asses than the chance someone will want to take them? Keep making them fat and slothful, and they won't be able to get away. Food for thought right there
*the example given is not perfect as it's still twice as likely as abduction.
It's idiotic. There are 76 million kids in the US. Only 12,000 are abducted by someone other than a parent, and of those there are less than 200 "stereo typical" kidnappings (as in ones with intent to murder or a ransom demand) yearly.
To put the likelihood of one's child being abducted into perspective, a kid is more likely to be struck by lightening whilst flying a broom stick under the brooklyn bridge during a high speed pursuit involving pandas and elephants on over sized broomsticks of their own*.
And yet, despite the remote chance one's kid will be abducted, 1 in 3 parents report abduction being an active concern - greater than most. Seriously? Unless one actively worries about every disease on the planet, chill out, let kids be kids, and maybe when they grow up they'll be a little less paranoid than us.
How about we parents start worrying more about their kids fat asses than the chance someone will want to take them? Keep making them fat and slothful, and they won't be able to get away. Food for thought right there
*the example given is not perfect as it's still twice as likely as abduction.
