Don’t believe everything you hear on TV (as if you didn’t know that already!)
Lynn at The New Homemaker brings up a good point today about how the media tends to exaggerate how often kids are kidnapped.
She points out that according to the Justice Department there are only around 115 kids kidnapped each by someone who intends to hurt them in some way.
We don’t have any kids yet but are in the process of adopting - and I know it will be something I will worry about once I am a parent, but at least I know now that the reality is that it really isn’t that common.
You just can’t trust the media - they are more interested in their ratings and in being entertaining than in reporting facts.
Thanks Lynn!
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on March 27th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Hi there I came accross your site and really like what you have to say. Keep up the good work and you never know who is going to read it.
Have a great one.
Jane
on April 24th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
I understand what you mean. My first child (daughter) was born in 1972 and we didn’t watch TV much at all (we read through the House on the Prairie books and other things). I never really thought at all about someone kidnapping her. My son was born in 1988 and by then it was talked about alot and I didn’t feel comfortable for him to be out by himself playing until he was alot older. And I’m not really a worrier, it was just consciously there in the forefront because it was talked about alot by then. So I’m glad to hear that it really wasn’t as bad as they said.
on April 24th, 2006 at 9:03 pm
I love all the Little House on the Prairie books! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!