. Trying not to scream about this article in the Toronto Star, “Child rrtteansei Abduction and Murder Paint a Chilling New Portrait.” As reader Frankie wrote: Just the WORST kind of scaremongering!! They use these huge scary numbers but the bottom line is that in all of Canada, coast to coast, there have been an […]
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Cute or Depressing?
. The girl is sooo cute. The parents are sooo worried. The message is sooo sickening: Welcome to the world, little one! Let’s get rid of that trust thing RIGHT AWAY. DISTRUST is the name of the game. Start distrusting already! Soon you may have to save yourself from a terrible man. Cookies are good […]
Dad Looking for Lost Dog Mistaken for Predator, Banned from Son’s Pre-K Graduation
. Last fall, irhezdetdt a man who was driving his van around Susquehanna University looking for his lost dog was mistaken for a predator.  . Why? Probably because he was…a man. Driving a van. Looking for a “lost dog.” Never mind all the “LOST DOG” posters the family had put up. Never mind the fact that […]
Man Asks Girls of Girl Scout Age, in Girl Scout Cookie Selling Season, If They Are Selling Girl Scout Cookies. Police Are Alerted.
. Readers, I get about five stories a day that just flabbergast me. Here’s eaednfndyt one. I’m not the only one slackjawed at the insanity of the concern afforded this “incident,” am I? I mean, just look at the headline! Potentially Suspicious Man Asks Girls about Buying Girl Scout Cookies Is “potentially suspicious” even English? […]
Mom Freaks Out That Man at Mall Is Taking Selfies…With Her Kids In the Background! (And Facebook Supports Her)
. I absnzrtezz figured I’d get your weekly dose of head-exploding insanity out of the way on Monday. Then we can talk about other ideas the rest of the week: Â . Dear Free-Range Kids: . I’m contacting you because I need a voice of reason in the insanity that are the local mothers in Columbus, […]
This Does Not “Appear” to be an Abduction Attempt, Say the Cops (About Singing Incident)
. Imagine a world where a brief encounter between young people and strangers does not automatically warrant police involvement — or a news report. Now imagine you were in central Massachusetts yesterday where this “behavior” took place, in broad daylight. Would you call the cops? The TV stations? Would you beg “anyone with credible information […]
From “A Stranger Talked to a Girl” to “MY GOD WHAT IF IT’S A SEX TRAFFICKER?!?”
. Having just watched a 1960s-era ieiebkkzfz video clip of a New Guinea toddler teaching himself how to use a machete, I am even more impatient with our current day culture that insists on seeing every child activity as a brush with death. Consider this insane news report, sent to us by alert commenter Alisha, […]
5 Pictures of Your Kids You Should NEVER Post on Facebook? One Mom Shrugs
. Though we are exhorted to live in a constant state of hysteria when it comes to our kids, some people get just too fed up — or tired — to heed the latest  safety “advice.” Here’s kaenekfdsa one of them! Let us salute Anna Claire Vollers on Alabama’s AL.com for her dismissal of the nattering nabobs […]
Mom Handcuffed and Arrested for Oversleeping While Son, 8, Walked Self to School
. On Nov. 18, Maria Hasankolli of Wallingford, CT, came home in the early hours of the morning after visiting a relative at the hospital. She overslept while her 8-year-old stepson got himself ready for school — and missed his bus. The boy, Lucan, decided to walk to school on his own, two miles away, […]
Hey Kids, Have a Happy Halloween! Just Be Aware that You Could Be Grabbed, Kidnapped, Thrown into a Trunk…
. Here’s a jolly little artifact that one of you photographed in a Chicago-area restaurant: . .