THIS Is Why My Kids Can't Walk to School

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  Posted by M.J Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:11pm PDT

  amen sister!

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  Posted by countnchickn Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:54am PDT

  So you said statistics show they have a higher risk of dieing in a car crash I'm sure you wouldn't dare put them in a car with that kind of risk....right? What about the millions of kids that DO die in a car crash? But your not talking about that...right.

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  Posted by Mo B Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:12pm PDT

  The statistics also show that the number of kids getting abducted each year has not changed in something like 20 years. So My daughter has no more of a chance to get abducted then I did at her age, I walked to school everyday and walked home. I'm fine, my friends are fine. The only difference is the paranoia of people today that it may happen. That being said my daughter won't walk to school for a few more years because she is to young but the time will come where she does. I have taught her not to talk to strangers, what to do if a stranger comes up to her, etc. which is about all we as parents can do.

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  Posted by Karrie H Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:34pm PDT

  I completely agree, why would you put your kid in that kind of danger! Yes i say that Your putting them indanger by making a stupid mistake like that! There are too many sex offenders out there, I know this one man who dosent even have to register in the state of GA because it happened before 1996, and he raped his two step daughters from the time they were babies until they were 7 and 8. So thats the kind of sick people who are out here and i would never risk it.

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  Posted by Katheryn Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:40pm PDT

  I agree but you also need to look at the story as a whole. She was only abducted when she was alone after having a fight and walked off. I think that being a helicopter parent is just as bad. Your kids will think you don't trust them. We should be more vigilant about putting sex offenders in jail instead of letting them out and about. And we should also be vigilant on teaching children how to handle themselves.

  Besides, not only can kids get abducted, but so can tweens, teens, and even adults.

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  Posted by Katie W Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:52pm PDT

  The only thing I can say is that a older person should have been walking home with them

  The point is that to many girls are being harmed boys too

  Sex offenders dont care if its girls or boys that they hurt

  I was sexually assualted and the guy who did it I knew well

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  Posted by Linda W Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:10pm PDT

  I don't allow my kids to walk to school and I live in a small quiet town. But because there are 70 pedifiles living within a 12 mile radius of where we live in CA it's just to high of a percentage to take a risk with my childs life. Here in California we have a website that lists all of the child molesters and abusers with pictures. I went on that site when we bought our townhouse here and I just couldn't believe how many were living so close to us. It was just a staggering number. I told my husband and some of them live very close around our neighborhood. And because the had so many cuts to our police in our town that really made it clear...We can't protect our kids all of the time. My mother keeps telling me that no one in this world is safe from crime or dangers. Well, we can certainly pick them up from school. That's one way of keeping track of them. Good post!

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  Posted by EMILY Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:59pm PDT

  I'm not going to raise my daughter to be afraid of a very small evil minor slice of the population. I'll let her walk to school by herself in a few years, she's in Kindergarten now. I'll let her ride her bike around the neighborhood, and walk to her freinds houses alone. I'm not going to let pedophiles and kidnappers regulate her childhood. The stats haven't changed in decades, I choose to give her that freedom and responsibility.

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  Posted by bookluva Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:21pm PDT

  I walk to school.....

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  Posted by Nicole K Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:50pm PDT

  We live in a cauldesac...with huge picture windows in the main room of the house. My daughter is not allowed to leave the cauldesac..I do not leave that front room. She is allowed to walk to the bus stop and home from it, but only if her friends are also walking with her. Its a straight shot down the road....every single person on each side of the street knows her and when she is walking each parent of each child sits outside..there is no way a car could come up our street and get back through without having to turn around..and one of us would see the car or the person. Its sad really..I remember no more than 20 years ago..leaving my house at 3pm on my bike and not going home till 7 for dinner..and I could have been anywhere...library, friends, park...as long as I was home by dinner. I didn't have to worry, and I would never dream of stopping to talk to anyone. Today..in reality, we think our kids have it so good with all the toys and electronics, but the truth is...to not have the freedom of just being outside and playing? without having to worry? they really don't have it so good when you think of that.

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