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| Cherish Perrywinkle's life ended at 8 years |
There was a tragedy this past weekend which highlights the
fact of protection our children (to the best of our ability) without succumbing
to ‘fear’.
The incident was the
abduction of a little eight year old girl (Cherish Perrywinkle) from inside a
local Walmart, by a recently released ‘registered sex offender’ (May 31, 2013).
You can read the details of the story (
Here).
For those of us who have children in our care, it is direly
important that we safeguard them as much as we can without being smothering and
paranoid. There are a few tips that may
help keep more children from being statistics.
- When children travel to and from school, make sure
they walk with another child. Have them
be aware of their surroundings and to “come straight home”.
- Never talk with ‘strangers’. A stranger is someone who comes up to the
child when a parent or guardian is NOT around.
Children will have to be taught who to trust: i.e. teachers, caregivers,
and some authority figures. If they have
to submit to someone in uniform, make sure another person knows about where the
child is going. This can be real ‘ify’.
- Establish a “password” with your child that only
you and they know. This is in case of an
emergency and someone, other that you or your spouse, has to pick them up. This should not be used often.
- Sometimes, even some family members should be
scrutinized. Be aware of relatives with whom
you’re not familiar.
- Watch naming your children in pictures, on
social networks. A predator will take
your child’s name and try to lure them away to a car, house or other place and then
take advantage of them. If a child hears
their name, they may have the false security that the person knows them. Same thing with having your children wear
their names on apparel. Don’t give a
stranger any extra information that they can use.
As parents, we must protect the precious property that God
has given to us.
It’s our duty.
Child endangerment has been a concern to this
Examiner for a while, but the problem still exists and it's something that ‘we the
people’ should continue to address while we continue to “Do Something!” Don't forget to cover them in prayer daily.
It may take a village to raise a child, but in today's society, you've got to know those who live and walk in your village.
Below are some articles that will refresh your memory of “Little
Children Lost”.
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