Check back a post on Peg's LJ- a local 9 yr. boy was missing, thought kidnapped, then discovered he went to a friend's house and didn't bother to let his parents know.
This would not help with the stupidity of that particular child, but it's something I've done with my daughter that you might want to consider -- practicing specific, loud, rude responses to adults who are acting inappropriately. My daughter and I practiced -- loud -- "GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME" and "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING" and "I AM X YEARS OLD, GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!" w
The idea being that it's easier to come out with a pre-rehearsed line, LOUD, if you have one already in hand. Now, I have a loud kid, so when she gets going, she really carries. It makes me feel better knowing that she knows that Mom approves of her "talking to a grownup that way."
Not stupid enough to run off like that, or not stupid enough to opt into a culture of fear that sees kidnappers everywhere, as shown by the early news coverage? Both, I hope. (As I said to cakmpls, stranger kidnapping is really rare but does happen, so ideally kids would be careful but not afraid.)
My mom wondered how a kid could just forget to tell his mom.
I don't know; kids just don't think.
But what I find unfathomable is how could the parents, or mother, of the friend who he was staying with not inquire if he (Dallas) had asked his mother? An impromtu sleepover? It can happen, but one would think she would've at least said something to him.
Granted I know that maybe she just figured that since he was there he obviously had talked to her, but I know that when I was growing up it was always call your mom, make sure it's okay with her, etc.
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Date: 2005-07-13 10:09 pm (UTC)*heads off to check CNN.com* ....what news story?
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Date: 2005-07-13 10:27 pm (UTC)If your are off to check CNN it will probably be all the "Rove Revealed" stories. But I'm sure Delia isn't that stupid either :P
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Date: 2005-07-14 04:29 am (UTC)I don't know; kids just don't think.
But what I find unfathomable is how could the parents, or mother, of the friend who he was staying with not inquire if he (Dallas) had asked his mother? An impromtu sleepover? It can happen, but one would think she would've at least said something to him.
Granted I know that maybe she just figured that since he was there he obviously had talked to her, but I know that when I was growing up it was always call your mom, make sure it's okay with her, etc.