- Matt Small
----- Original Message -----
From: dana tierney
To: CF-Community
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:24 AM
Subject: Re:Again, and again it happens
2-year olds? The only mention in the story has a father playing tennis outside. Very dumb, possibly material for child protective services, but not gone for 8 hours, either. There are some grey areas here. My daughter is allowed to go to our local library when she wants and stay as long as she wants. But she is 11... Five is too young to be there without a parent. The eight yo is very border line and definitely not old enough to be responsible for a 5yo sibling. Sounds to me like a random collection of horror stories strung together. Possibly each true, but still.
On the other side of the coin, I once dropped my son off at a McDonalds and told him to buy us burgers while I picked his sister up at babysitter's around the corner. I used the rest room and was going out the door when some employee came bustling up to me and told me that they were not a day care. My son was still in line, a long line at that. Oh and he was 12 at the time....In that instance I took my son and my money and we bought tacos instead. I called the manager the next day and told him his employee's attentions were better directed to serving customers than to second-guessing their intentions. I was really very insulted.
> Actually, I just found the newspaper article he was reading. I think
> you'll find it credible.
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4379-2004Feb1_2.html
>
> - Matt Small
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Campbell
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:31 AM
> Subject: Re: Again, and again it happens
>
>
> Did he have any sources cited? That sounds so ridiculously plausible,
>
> I'd be interested in reading about it. Getting day care is more
> difficult than ever... and it wouldn't surprise me in the least to
> hear
> about parents dropping their toddlers off at the library - my tots
> love
> going to story hour there.
>
> - Jim
>
> Matthew Small wrote:
>
> >And just yesterday on the Hannity Radio Show he talked about how the
> new thing is for parents to drop their 2-5 year olds off in the public
> library then go to work or to play tennis or some crap like that. He
> said the librarians try to keep the children busy for 8+ hrs with no
> food and no place to play besides in the libary.
> >
> >I'm having a hard time believing this. If I were a librarian, I
> would have called the police and DSS after 5 minutes if a 2-year old
> was left without supervision in the library.
> >
> >- Matt Small
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jerry Johnson
> > To: CF-Community
> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:16 AM
> > Subject: RE: Again, and again it happens
> >
> >
> > She wasn't "waiting around near a car wash".
> >
> > She was walking home from a friend's house, and cut through the
> parking lot of the carwash to save distance.
> >
> > (According to early reports, she followed this route often)
> >
> > I would hate to have had a childhood where I couldn't walk a mile
> to a friend's house. Or jump on my bike and ride a couple of miles to
> the store.
> >
> > It was these times off on my own (or with a groups of friends) that
> defined, more than anything else in my life, who and what I am.
> >
> > It was learning to apply or discard rules I'd been given by parents,
> teachers, sibling and friends that led me to who I am today.
> >
> > Jerry Johnson
> >
> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/05/04 11:06AM >>>
> > Well, let's see if the man did it or not.
> >
> > The bottom line it, whoever would kidnap a little girl is an animal.
>
> >
> > You know, the idea of an 11-year old waiting around near a car
> wash
> > bothers me a great deal too. I don't understand people who don't
> cherish
> > their children and go the extra mile to make sure things like this
> don't
> > happen.
> >
> > M
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:27 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Again, and again it happens
> >
> > Man, I am gonna have to drive my kids everywhere. I already do, but
> they
> > are
> > still too young. They are gonna hate me, but I am not giving some
> sicko
> > any
> > chance with my babies if I can help it. When my 9 year old daughter
> is
> > over
> > at a freinds house (that we drive her to), I am concerned the
> whole
> > time. I
> > cannot even imagine the absolute stark horror this girls parents
> are
> > going
> > through right now. How do they even function?
> >
> > I know innocent until proven guilty, but this guy is garbage.....
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/05/missing.girl/index.html
> >
> > Even if they find her alive(doubtful), he should still fry.....
> >
> >
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