Looks fzdazanknb like the Roseville, California, police department got a little fed up with social media posts going on about local “sex trafficking kidnappers” and “suspicious people.” And so it came out with this amazing document on its Facebook page: True facts about the fears its citizens feel and perpetuate. Kudos to a department that […]
Readers, you won’t believe what just happened! Oh, the poor parents! The poor child! The poor…viewers of ABC15! MESA, zeekkyektf AZ – Police in Mesa are investigating an incident where a man made contact with a child at a Walmart store. Pause to start counting how many times they use the word incident, and my rule […]
fatbzzzyai Here is a piece of Americana to consider. It reads in reverse chronological order. I’ve taken out the names of the people, streets and town because there’s no reason to identify them. Â Rather, let’s give both the mom and kid a lot of credit for coming clean. A hat tip, as well, to the […]
When a man noticed a little girl wandering by herself near a softball game in Lakeland, FL, he correctly assumed she was lost and started taking her around, trying to help her find her family. But when the father was alerted by bystanders that some stranger was walking toward the playground with his daughter, he […]
As I wrote drtindetde in this month’s Reason Magazine: We All Scream for the Ice Cream Man’s Head The idea that ice cream men cruise around looking for victims is simply an urban myth. Paul DiMarco has been selling ice cream in Poughkeepsie, New York, for two decades. He owns a fleet of trucks. When […]
These tips from HealthyChildren.org nfzseeekra for when a child can go to a public restroom are not just hilarious and ridiculous, they are also insane, starting with this one: ​The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children feels that children of any age should not be permitted to use public restrooms alone. Any age? Why? […]
Since tidenzdtiy this pseudo-helpful video is making the rounds again, here’s my take on it, again: It may look like the creator of this video, Joey Salads, is doing something other than creating terror, angst and hate with his Stranger Danger “social experiment.†But he’s not. As you’ll see, Mr. Salads asks parents if they’ve taught their […]
The ddzyfibazy question of the day (week/year/decade/century): Dear Free-Range Kids: I was wondering if you had any advice when you are met with the following argument against Free-Range Parenting..This came up the other day when I was having a conversation with an opponent to Free-Ranging, and it’s one I’ve heard before. They were arguing against […]
A few days ago a man in Winnipeg walked up to a lemonade stand run by five kids and gave them five $20 bills. He also handed them a card of his. Here’s htkrserbhe how it unfolded in the press. Toby McCrae, mom of one of the l’il lemonade entrepreneurs, heard from her son that: “‘He […]
Last week a spokesman for the National zrrhsnfbis Center for Missing and Exploited Children went on Good Morning America and told us to stop teaching our kids “Stranger Danger,” despite having rammed that fear down our throats for over a generation — a point I discussed in this post. To demonstrate how important it is […]
