Parenting

I just had my kids at the park to play. The always hope there will be other kids there, but you never know. Heaven forbid they play nicely with each other lol! We were there for maybe 15 mninutes when I noticed this little girl walking towards the play area. I grin at her and looked in the direction she had come from expecting to see a parent trailing after her,,,,but none was there.

I started scanning the park to see who brought her, certainly there had to be SOMEONE. My eyes finally landed on a person with a stroller all the way on the other side of the playground. This person appeared to be a woman by the size of her frame, but that is how far away they were, far enough that I was guessing. This person had there dog off the leash and was letting them run on that side of the field, while they yakked on their cell phone.

Now I know I tend to be a little up tight especially where my kids are concerned, but this was ridiculous to me. The MAY have been able to see this little girl from where they were, maybe, but there is no way that if someone decided to grad her, that her mom would have been able to get to her fast enough to do anything about it.

It is so scary that it only takes a split second for some loon to snatch a kid, but it is a cold, hard reality. I would rather be too cautious than regret it later. I am going to try and find a missin child update banner I saw somewhere to put on my blog, but until I find that why not stop by the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children at MissingKids.com. You never know, you might spot someone you recognize and be able to help reunite a family. We can not find what we do not look for.

You can even register to have Amber Alerts sent right to your cell phone buy going to http://www.wirelessamberalerts.org/