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4.61 (Highly recommend) from 12 votes (242 Visits)

Paranoid Parenting

by LaRenae

(October 2006) (rank 22nd)

God bless us all that nothing ever happens to any of our babies !

However, I watch those CSI television shows (crime scene investigation) and may be reacting with paranoia .... but here goes ...

I have not done all of these things yet, but I think I

will ... In case my baby ever gets lost or abducted :

Have an item that smells like your child ... like a blanket or stuffed animal (so trained dogs can smell out a trail)

Have a recent photo (My boy is one year old and I take a photo once a month for his scrapbook)

Have something with DNA .... A toothbrush your child has used, a hairbrush with baby's hair, a band aide from a scrape with blood, a lock of baby's hair ...

Fingerprints (there is a kit for children's identification "I.D." offered in USA ...)

There are probably more suggestions ... I just do not know ...

We live in a scary world .... I offer this advice with the best of intentions .... that no one will ever have to put this information to use .... I keep an eagle eye on my boy when we are out and about .... but predators are tricky ....

If I have scared you a little, that may be a good thing in the end ..... Safe wishes to us all .... Lisa

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	3.92 (Good) \| October 2006 \| angelmum

I tend to agree

I don't know if paranoid parenting is good for you or your children, but what you have written in my opinion is sensible, if your child is taken having as many resources for the police to work with is a good thing. I think also educating your child and as elizabeth said arm them with the right tools is the way to go, but you can't always do that with little ones. I like your advice and I agree these day's we need to be a little paranoid.

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	4.83 (Excellent) \| October 2006 \| exquisite-flower

I tend to agree

All the things you have listed are things that most loving parents will have around the place, we are always taking pictures of E, of course, she brushes her teeth at least daily and so on. So although it seems shocking to 'prepare' these things, they are tings that most of us will have already. It is good to be aware of this and rest in the knowledge that should the worst come to the worst we are prepared, but that other than doing our best there is no more we can do

so lets enjoy our children! we get them for too short a time as it is.

Peace
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	October 2006 \| elizabeth

I am not really sure how I feel about this advice. It is such a shocking thing to visualise. I think it would be better to arm our kids with the right tools, self defence. If anything so shocking were to occur, I suppose being pre-prepared could only help with speedier recovery. I don't know.

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	4.61 (Excellent) \| October 2006 \| LaRenae

I knew it was shocking but I had to say it ... It frightened me to post such a thing .... I almost cried when I read my own words ... I would love if my one year old could say "no, that is not my mommy!" and to fight back ,,, but he is not able to do this yet ... Such a scary and heartfelt subject .... I do not know where I was going with this post .... but maybe you stated it with "being pre-prepared could only help with speedier recovery" ... Thanks so much for you input ....

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