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MaggieL · 07-24-2002, 09:10 AM

*Found* alive and safe"? She was a little more proactive than that. Got out of the duct tape she was bound with, broke though a locked door, and broke a window and called out to her friends in the street,

The newswire is giving the time of her abduction as around 9:40pm.. Not unreasonably late for a city kid to be playing outside with her friends in the summertime, IMHO. Especially one with this level of independance and initiative.

A lot of childraising is judgement calls based on your knowlege of your child. True, some folks have better judgement than others, but this could happen in *any* neighborhood.
It is admittedly somewhat more likely in a neighborhood like that one where the kids don't have nice yards to play in, making a grab easier to execute.

But that's why I said "She lives there." ...I *was* responding to your question. When kids have no place to play but the streets on a hot summer night, that's where you will find them.

On mirror: "You are looking at the person responsible for your safety."

07-24-2002, 09:10 AM	#29
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Found alive and safe"? She was a little more proactive than that. Got out of the duct tape she was bound with, broke though a locked door, and broke a window and called out to her friends in the street, The newswire is giving the time of her abduction as around 9:40pm.. Not unreasonably late for a city kid to be playing outside with her friends in the summertime, IMHO. Especially one with this level of independance and initiative. A lot of childraising is judgement calls based on your knowlege of your child. True, some folks have better judgement than others, but this could happen in any neighborhood. It is admittedly somewhat more likely in a neighborhood like that one where the kids don't have nice yards to play in, making a grab easier to execute. But that's why I said "She lives there." ...I was responding to your question. When kids have no place to play but the streets on a hot summer night, that's where you will find them. On mirror: "You are looking at the person responsible for your safety." __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."