Avoiding Stranger Danger
Yesterday I took my granddaughter and her friend to a place where they have bowling, roller skating, arcade games and more. My granddaughter is six and her friend is ten. We had a great time but I never let the girls out of my sight. Unfortunately, not all the children there were supervised. We ran into a group of little boys that were without an adult and a little girl. The little girl made friends with my granddaughter and her friend and they ask her where her mom was. “Oh, she’s getting her hair done,” was her reply. “She will pick me up later.”
The little girl was eight!
Have these parents not heard of stranger danger? I didn’t report the fact that the little girl was unattended (there was a sign on the wall that said don’t drop off children) and now I’m wondering if I should have. Your thoughts? But back to stranger danger…..
Safety tip-DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN ALONE IN PUBLIC PLACES!!!!
I realized it is possible to take stranger danger too far after reading a story about a woman who had a grandfather thrown out of a book store because he was in the children’s section and she thought he looked creepy. You can read about it here:
The grandfather was obviously wronged and the parents of the children I ran into yesterday were just plain wrong. I don’t care if you live in a big city or a small town, children should not be left alone. Am I right?
On to Wordy Wednesday photos…
Yesterday was my granddaughters first attempt at roller skating. She did okay for a few minutes and then at the end of the video you can tell she’s losing her balance. I had to stop videoing in an attempt to catch her. I didn’t….but falling down is part of learning to skate!
Oh my goodness that’s awful! How scary! :/
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I hold on to mine all the time,this makes me sad to see…My daughter just enjoyed watching your grandaughters ice skating 🙂
Wow….my kids don’t leave my site…ever! Thanks for linking up with The BOAT!
Good for you. Safe than sorry!
It upset me too. And I suspect there were more children there who had been dropped off.
I agree and I should have.
I should have reported it. Kicked myself later.
Thanks for the comment and I agree!
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It is really dangerous to leave children unattended. Your pictures are lovely. The one in the little taxi is real cute! Thanks for hosting and have a good day.
I can’t imagine leaving my now 10 year old alone at a place like that. I drop my son off at Judo club and that is the only place but I know he is with a group of people he knows running a class that he can’t leave or get taken from.
I have an 8yo girl and would never ever leave her like that. I would have reported it. You have to wonder what the mother was thinking. She should have taken her daughter to the salon and treated her to a trim and manicure. Rachel x
Many times I’ve been told that you can’t mother the world. Still, I don’t listen and try. Yep. Tell someone.
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I can’t imagine leaving my kids alone at 8 years old. Anything could have happened to her daughter while she was off getting her hair done. If the unimaginable happened, would she have thought it worth it, or would she in hindsight realize what a terrible mistake she made. Sorry, I tend to get my hackles up about these types of things. It’s our jobs to do our best to protect our kids. Period.
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I grew up in the city and now we live in rural Pa but I am so protective. I read the article you mentioned above and thought that was taking things a bit far. I would never leave my girls alone at 8 yrs old.
Cool pictures by the way.
Oh me, that man at the woods would scare me too! So glad you knew to run away!
Yes, but I sure wish it didn’t!
Me too! Thanks for stopping by!
I always cringe when I see small children walking around with no parent in sight! Especially on busy roads!
Great Pictures! Looks like a lot of fun 🙂
There’s a lot of parents that let other folks watch their children. Folks they don’t even know. It’s a shame.
Have a terrific WW. 🙂
that is the part I hate most is falling down!
Good post but alas unfortunately it happens 🙁
I don’t feel I’m an overprotective parent at all, but I would never leave my 8 year old daughter anywhere alone like that! When I was 12 I was rode my bike to the end of my culdesac and was approached by a man in a truck who got out and yelled “get over here now!”. I took off running in the woods, but that was one of the scariest moments of my life! And yes we lived in a very family oriented town with lots of woods. It can happen anywhere.
Paula
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