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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Out of interest, back in the winter there was an incident where a man got into a house and abducted a little girl from the bath, while her family were in the house. Was it their fault too?
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I've said on more than one occasion, if parents are in the garden, in a different room, mayb downstairs, and the child is abducted from the house then the parents have taken reasonable precautions to stop anything happening to their child. I am not just restricting this to abduction.
For example my daughter generally plays in the backroom or the garden on her own. when she is in the garden we sit in the backroom or kitchen so we can hear and see her. If she's in the backroom and everything goes quiet we check on her. THis is not incase she's been abducted, but if shes up to something or that she's hurt herself etc etc. By doing this we feel that we are taking all the precautions necessary incase something does happen to her.
People keep saying well Maddie could have been abducted while her parents were next door, and its not very differnet to leaving your child alone in one room whilst your in another.
In my opinion leaving your children alone at home while your out dining is no where near the same as being in the garden whilst they are inside. It is not the same as having your child abducted from the bath whilst you are downstairs either.
The fact that we have instances where children have been abducted from a house whilst the family is at home should hilight the fact that you should not leave kids home ALONE.
Having and looking after kids is not easy, and it does mean you have to make certain sacrifices whilst bringing them up. Dining out while your 2 year olds are home ALONE would be one of them.