Personally, I don't think my kids have a problem with diminished lung capacity. Take Adana up there. This was her response to me telling her that she couldn't change her outfit - again - because it was time for us to leave. (Trust me. That scream curdled the milk in my fridge.)
But after reading this story about a 5-year old boy that was nearly kidnapped yesterday, I started to wonder if maybe there was some validity to my mom's concerns.
A 65-year-old Seattle man accused of attempting to kidnap a 5-year-old boy at Pike Place Market on Monday was ordered held this afternoon on $250,000 bail.
Just after 11 a.m., the boy's mother stopped to remove a small rock that had become lodged in a cast on her foot, according to Seattle police. Her husband turned to help her and when they looked up, the couple discovered the youngest of their three children was no longer with them.
The family searched for the boy in the crowded market. The mother spotted her child being led away by a man, about 40 feet from where she was, police said. She called to her son and ran to him, with her husband and two other children, ages 6 and 7, close behind.
As the mother approached, the man released his grip on the boy and disappeared into the crowd. The family flagged down West Precinct bicycle officers and the mother, 5-year-old boy and other witnesses provided a suspect description, according to police. Minutes later, officers found the suspect as he was leaving a men's restroom in the market and arrested him.
The boy told officers the man pulled him away from his family and only released him when his mother came to his rescue. Though upset, the boy wasn't hurt, police said.
I know that my kids have a vocal capacity that can be measured on the Ricther scale. But tomorrow, we will be practicing when and how to use it in an emergency. If some fool ever tries to lead one of my cubs away, he'll soon discover that he picked on the wrong kid.
And heaven help him if Mama Bear is anywhere near.
5 comments:
I completely agree. And what should they yell, exactly? "Help, I'm being kidnapped!!" seems likely.
But ask yourself this: What if your kid just doesn't want to leave Chuck E Cheese even though you've been there since the Carter administration, and when you take his hand to remove him from the premises, he practices his YELL?
This really happened to a friend of mine. And the security people stopped her and everything. And that TURD of a child wouldn't recant his outburst until the security people told him they were going to send his mother to JAIL!
Holy cow!! I've GOTTA have a chat with my kids in the morning!!!! SCARY!!!!
Crazy! Another thing to talk to the kids about. Whenever we talk about things like this, it totally freaks out Jillian and Ben. When they have "safety awareness" talks at school, they come home worried that something bad is going to happen to them and have a really hard time falling asleep at night. It's hard to find the balance between teaching them how to be safe and scaring them to death.
I am going to need to talk with the kidos about how (not really needed) to yell and when. Although when they yell, "No Jag" or "Give that back" it probably won't draw the attention that I'll want.
Loved this post...and loved that picture!
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