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#1 Apr 26 2004 at 11:41 AM Rating: Excellent
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SYRACUSE, New York (AP) -- A 5-year-old girl was found bound in duct tape under a tarp at an abandoned warehouse Sunday, a day after she left home to visit a friend two blocks away.
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Thankfully, she was found alive and stable. Authorities wouldn't comment on whether or not she was abused.

That said, WTF?? I feel like someone should be calling DCFS on me when I let my 5yr old play in the backyard and keep an eye on him through the kitchen or backdoor window. I can't imagine letting him wander off a couple blocks unattended yet. I don't know the parents or the town, so I hate to pass judgement on them and say they're miserable parents (they did call and check on the child) but it boggles my mind just going from my own experiences.

Edited, Mon Apr 26 12:41:55 2004 by Jophiel
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#2 Apr 26 2004 at 11:43 AM Rating: Decent
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Syracuse is a middle class college town. I'd let my five year old wander around there.
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#3 Apr 26 2004 at 11:44 AM Rating: Excellent
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That said, WTF?? I feel like someone should be calling DCFS on me when I let my 5yr old play in the backyard and keep an eye on him through the kitchen or backdoor window. I can't imagine letting him wander off a couple blocks unattended yet. I don't know the parents or the town, so I hate to pass judgement on them and say they're miserable parents (they did call and check on the child) but it boggles my mind just going from my own experiences.


That's because you seem to be a responsible parent (judging from your past posts on the subject).

I'm the same way. I can't remember just how old my oldest son was before I let him go outside without me. But you can be damn sure he was older than five. And he wasn't walking a few blocks away, either.
#4 Apr 26 2004 at 11:45 AM Rating: Good
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I was watching an eight-year old haul a 5 or six-year old across a DC street on his bike, by means of a cord attached to the smaller child's scooter. While I was reflecting on the sweetness of this scene, My thoughts were interrupted by the smaller child advising his friend//brother to "not be pulling any crazy ****."

Sometimes 5 year olds seem much older, and parents may mistake them for the tiny adults they try to be.

Edited, Mon Apr 26 12:45:47 2004 by Atomicflea
#5 Apr 26 2004 at 11:49 AM Rating: Excellent
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Two 'L's in "Satellite", Nadenu Smiley: wink

I was walking solo about 5 blocks or so in the first grade (age 6? 7?) though it was a "different time" back then. I'm sure someone will come along with stats about how abduction rates in the late 70's were the same as today, but it sure as hell felt safer, anyway.

My neighborhood is a fairly quiet, safe, old middle class neighborhood on a side street. Lots of nuclear families, kids playing street hockey, people grilling in the evenings, etc. Unfortunately, that doesn't preclude someone from two towns over deciding it'll be easy pickings.
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Unfortunately, that doesn't preclude someone from two towns over deciding it'll be easy pickings.

Time to move to the gated communtiy. You can keep all sorts of undesirables out then!
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#7 Apr 26 2004 at 11:57 AM Rating: Good
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I have some neighbors that live 4 doors down from me that came over on the boat from Russia. They let their daughter run around the neighborhood all day long and she's only 4. Also to add to it they leave her home alone most days!

Pisses me off and scares the hell outta me to see this little girl running around with nobody home but her dog. I've considered calling the authorities but I'm not sure I really want to do that.

For now, I just keep an eye on her when I see her out. Sucks big time and I hope nothing ever happens.

Must be an acceptable thing to do in Russia I guess…
#8 Apr 26 2004 at 11:58 AM Rating: Excellent
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Two 'L's in "Satellite", Nadenu Smiley: wink


Doh!

/runs off to fix it...
#9 Apr 26 2004 at 12:02 PM Rating: Good
At 5 years old my mother would let me outside by myself, even after-dark sometimes, if I promised to stay close to the garage door (I lived in some old woman's garage for awhile back then)

I stopped going outside by myself after dark after one frightful night, I was outside playing with my Knight Rider car, "Kit", when a tall man in a trench coat approached me. I said "Hi" like the nice little boy I was, no response. I tried once more, louder, because I knew that I had the bad habit of mumbling sometimes, still no response, that freaked me out so I ran to my best friends house and his sister walked me home.

Never saw the tall scary guy again. The cops did however find 5 Mexicans to harass and bring to me to see if I could "identify" one of them.
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Time to move to the gated community
That sounds awfully expensive when I could just run razor wire through the privets.
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#11 Apr 26 2004 at 1:06 PM Rating: Excellent
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Just move to Arkansas and get a sign that says "Forget the dog, beware of owner".
#12 Apr 26 2004 at 1:45 PM Rating: Decent
i live in arkansas and ive never seen that sign
#13 Apr 26 2004 at 1:47 PM Rating: Excellent
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You were probably just unable to read it Smiley: grin
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Damn my children must lead sheltered lives! My son wasn't allowed outside alone til 5-ish and was NOT permitted to leave the fenced backyard until 6 or so, and only then did I let him even go to the front yard. There was a boy two houses down that used to get brought home by the police often for being miles away from home -- he was a year younger than my son!!!

To this day my son is timed when he goes to the corner store, if he's not home in a decent amount of time, I fire up the Volvo and go lookin'.

My almost 4 year old daughter is not permitted outside alone at all and we even have a fenced backyard. Even though we live in a college town, I still feel times are dangerous and I can't stand the thought of her never coming home because of my carelessness of letting her out alone.

*recalls doing some grocery shopping alone for dad at the age of 8*

Boy, have times changed...
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#15 Apr 26 2004 at 1:54 PM Rating: Decent
why the hell would i not be able to read it jophiel, i have better reading comprehension then you probably


Edited, Mon Apr 26 14:55:01 2004 by trunksbrando
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Trunks, that last comment just provided me with my laugh o' the day. Go you!

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#17 Apr 26 2004 at 1:56 PM Rating: Excellent
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why the hell would i not be able to read it jophiel, i have better reading conprehension then you probaly

If not spelling.

Awww.. no fair editing your post just because you type like a drunked squirrel running across the keyboard

Edited, Mon Apr 26 14:57:48 2004 by Jophiel
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#18 Apr 26 2004 at 2:00 PM Rating: Decent
yes that i agree, my spelling isnt the greatest but its atleast understanding, right?
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Boy, have times changed...

Nah, just the way people treat children.

We used to treat them as small, developing human beings. Now we treat them as if they are made of glass and the most important things in the universe.
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Mine is Smiley: tongue
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Mine is

I understand that, but he's not going to jump out a window to his death or be attacked by a monster lurking the shadows if you don't treat him like an egg.
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But.. but... the only other parenting I've ever HAD was with an egg! Back in sophmore health class! Mine was named Julia and I pretty much just stuck her in a drawer whenever I got home. Much like I do with my son now, come to think of it.

Yes, I actually had to do the stupid "egg thing" in sophmore health

Edited, Mon Apr 26 15:11:46 2004 by Jophiel
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That said, WTF?? I feel like someone should be calling DCFS on me when I let my 5yr old play in the backyard and keep an eye on him through the kitchen or backdoor window. I can't imagine letting him wander off a couple blocks unattended yet.


I completely agree. I too barely let my kids (5yrs and 2yrs) go outside in our privacy fenced back yard. If not for the fact that they might get kidnapped, but that they might hurt themselves on the playset that we have. It's more hassle than it's worth for me since I end up standing right by the window the whole time. I may as well just get off my *** and go outside with them. Hence, they don't get as much playtime outside as they probably should.

In fact, my oldest daughter's bus company has told me that next year she'll be expected/able to walk anywhere from 1-6 blocks to and from the bus stop unattended. No way Jose...not my kid. I intend to make sure that someone is there to walk her to and from the bus stop everyday. The world that we live in today is way to nuts.

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Nah, just the way people treat children.

We used to treat them as small, developing human beings. Now we treat them as if they are made of glass and the most important things in the universe.


I'm not sure if times have changed or not, but they sure seem to have. Maybe not with actual crime statistics, but in actions of the youth today in general. When I was 13, I had just started testing the waters with swearing and boys etc. (okay, maybe I was a little sheltered). Today, if I take my kids to the park/playground it amazes me the trash that I hear coming out of 5yrs+ kids mouths !! And the parents sit there and do NOTHING !! It gets me so mad !!

And, IMHO kids ARE the most important things in the universe. They are the only thing that can make me smile or start laughing hysterically regardless of how crappy a day I'm having. One smile and you just about burst with happiness ! And how can you resist those tiny eskimo kisses?
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And the parents sit there and do NOTHING !!

God forbid they allow their children to use words to communicate.

Perish the thought!
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God forbid they allow their children to use words to communicate.

Perish the thought!


My plan is to create an army of telepathic little drones that do not need speech to communicate.
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#26REDACTED, Posted: Apr 26 2004 at 2:47 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) My plan is to create an army of telepathic little drones that do not need speech to communicate.
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