[OldFriend]

I have no doubt that your special toddler would have been quite able to protect himself from a 300 lb. predator.

Please get in the real world! Your life or the life of your children may depend upon it.

[ishabibble]

Talk is cheap, the cheapest thing in this unkind world.
I am guessing that poster Vaduz is neither Mr. or Mrs. Hornbeck.

It didn't happen to your kid, pal, and you should thank God for that, every single day. Ever met the parents of a missing or murdered child? I have, and they are walking ghosts.

[Dianna]

Please get in the real world! Your life or the life of your children may depend upon it.

Part of being able to live in this world and cope with the dangers is a healthy dose of denial. We HAVE to believe that we can keep our kids safe, otherwise how do we let them walk out the door?

Situations like this threaten our beliefs. It can be pretty hard.

[sine_nomine]

Reading comprehension really pays off. Try reading a post before answering it.

I did not blame the boy.

Some measures we took:
1. He was never alone in the house.
2. He never came home from school to an empty house.
3. He never walked through a motel corridor alone, since one monster grabbed a kid at a motel and silenced him immediately.
4. He never went to a public bathroom alone.
5. We kept track of where he was at all times.
6. I always went along on school trips. No other father did.
7. He took karate lessons.

When children grow up with both their parents, a rarity today, bad things happen less frequently.

Also, we have a culture where child molestors and other sex criminals get out of prison too easily, if they are even charged. Bill O'Reilley is good on this issue.