Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Child Abduction Awareness Is Promoted On Television And Milk Cartons

By Nora Jennings


The number of children being abducted is on the rise. It is almost impossible to ignore the danger. They disappear from places that seem safe. It is good to make child abduction awareness the subject of public warnings. They can be alert against all the ways predators lure children.

In a recent case a mother ran into a grocery store to buy one item. She left her young daughter in the car because the weather was very cold. Five minutes later she returned to find her little girl gone. In a matter of minutes she had been abducted.

A parent may load the car in front of the home and go back to fetch a baby. While he is carrying out the infant, the young child is taken. It only required three minutes for the first child to be taken away.

It happens faster than imaginable. In more than one case a little girl starts home from school with friends. She disappears somewhere between school and her home.

This situation seems to grow more common with every passing day. Children above a certain age can be taught how to handle an attempt. First, never walk close to a stranger in a car. Some perverts use the ruse of asking for directions to lure a girl close enough to reach out and pull her into the car.

The second tip is to make all the noise they can so someone will notice. Kick, scream or bite to make the predator release his hold. Third, do not listen to anything a stranger has to tell them. Even a frail man or elderly woman may be trying to abduct them.

A clever predator is skilled at fooling children. He might say he is sad because his dog is lost. He may ask the children to help in the search. A person the child met while grocery shopping with mom can talk him in to accepting a ride.

There are valuable precautions in place to keep children safe. None are released from school with anyone but the approved caretaker. A parent closes and locks windows at night.

Young girls abducted have been imprisoned for extended periods of time without discovery. They may have been chained inside a house. Some are threatened with a beating or other punishment if they attempt an escape.

Any witness to an abduction should call the police right away. Try to memorize or write down the license plate details. Make note of the color of the vehicle and what the abductor looks like.

The laws in our nation have some responsibility for allowing perverts to become repeat offenders. A rapist may get out of prison after a minimal number of years. A psychiatrist may testify that he is rehabilitated.

Realistically speaking, a gambler could bet that the predator would harm another innocent child. He would, unfortunately, win that bet. All the precautions in the world cannot prevent abductions. How long will the legal system treat the predators with more consideration than it treats the victims. The rights of the innocent should not be secondary to the rights of the offenders.




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