http://www.msnbc.msn.com/default.cdnx/id/11925653/displaymode/1157 Do you pay attention to kids on the streets?
Well, being as I've been kidnapped and know how horrid it feels, I'd probably not have any qualms with walking right up and confronting the man... I'm not too shy when it comes to how people are treated.
urrrr.....sorry all I get is a windows media player slightly abstract technoey sort thing that has no images or pics or such....
i don't know what i'd do.... i mean, honestly a biological father isn't going to be the only man watching a child.... (step-fathers, brothers, babysitters, mom's boyfriends, etc) and i've seen some pretty bratty kids. i've heard "you're not my dad, you can't tell me what to do" many times.... so honestly, i'm afraid i probably would walk by without really thinking about it.
I understand that aspect....but I'd rather be safe than sorry, you know? If you confront the man, he can at least explain himself. And usually, kids will break once they know they're busted. And men trying to kidnap kids will more than likely run than concoct a story on the spot.
yeah i totally think you're in the right... more socially conscious...protective motherbearish maybe?... than i am... i have to work on that. i was just stating what i would probably do without thinking about it. hehe, unfortunately i can be one of the uncaring masses at times.
Completely understandable...Because, when it comes to a lot of things, I'm that way too...."If it's serious, someone else will take care of it. I've got things I need to do..." sort of way of thinking....And everyone thinks like that...It's the jist of what Insanejester was talking about... But it's not a motherbear instinct for me...I've experienced that myself, being kidnapped....THAT'S what fuels me to act.
I know I would try to do something just because if that were my child I would hate to think no one would help him if he were in that situation. That video almost brought me to tears
Someone who was on one of the adoption lists that I was on had adopted a black child. Adoptive parents were white. The child had a habit of being very slow in the morning and missing the school bus. Every day the parents had to drive her to school. After months of this, they decided that she needed to learn a lesson. They talked to her about it throughout the evening and told her that if she missed the bus the next morning she would have to walk to school. Sure enough, morning came and she poked around until she had missed the school bus. It was much to far for a 7 year old to walk by herself so the father followed her in the car. A few blocks from their house another parent saw this big white guy following this tiny black child down the road. He became concerned about this so he kept an eye on them for a while. When it became obvious that the man was definitely following the little girl he called the police. When the police arrived they questioned the man and he explained to them about the child missing the school bus. He explained that she was adopted but that he was indeed her father. The police officer then asked the little girl who the man was. She looked up at the officer with these hugh eyes and said, "I never saw that man before in my life. Please don't let him hurt me." The father just looked at her and said, "You wait until you get home." At this point she started to cry because she knew she was in trouble. Of course, he had no documents to prove she was his child but he told them that his wife was at home. The police officer than loaded the man and the little girl in to his squad car and drove to their home. The wife was able to produce evidence of the adoption and they let the man go. The little girl was in so much trouble, she might still be in time out. Oh and the father never followed her to school again. Kathi
