Learn from Somer Thomson Case, we need to do something about protecting children
As a mother to a toddler, the story about Somer Thompson’s body being found in a Georgia landfill on Thursday broke my heart. It is stories just like these that have been coming out in the past few years that makes me sick. Like in Florida I think it was, could have been Georgia, but some old dude kidnapped this young kid, buried her alive. He is finally dead but how could he do that to a child? how can anyone do this to a child?
We can pray for the family, which is something I will do. But this is not enough, we have to take action to protect our children.
Get this, Florida’s sexual offenders and predators registry, which is updated daily, shows 88 registered offenders live in Orange Park, and 161 offenders live within a five-mile radius of her home.
Now when I chose a house, I looked for one that was not near any sex offender’s and I make sure I am with my child 24/7. Where I live, I have seen parents who let your child run around the neighborhood, and these children are under 10 not being watched by any parent. Or when the parent is outside, they will gab away at some other parent not paying attention. It annoys me because my family always taught me to be aware of my surroundings.
I remember as kid, I was a safety guard girl in the 5th grade for the mornings. I remember crying to my grandma for her not to follow me to and from school since it was a 4 min. bike ride (prob. less than that), but she always told me it was for my safety to follow me because you never know what kind of crazies are out there. When she did follow me, she stayed not where I could see her. But then there were parents who let their child go to school without thinking that anything could happen. Why? Because we are naive.
The sad thing anything can happen when you least expect it, just look at 7 year old Somer Thompson? Look at the others who were murdered in the past. There is a lot we can do!
One thing is the ‘helping hands’ where parents in the neighborhood put hand cut-outs and write ‘helping hands’ and put it in the window. That is if a child gets lost or there is danger, the child can go to that door and that house can call that child’s parents.
have a cold word. Mine was ‘the rainbow tree’, only code word that my family knew.
What we need to do is a national if not, an international effort to protect children. Such as getting rid of child porn! Oh yes that is on the internet and it is sick, all those type of sites should be taken down but sadly they are not …. for some sick reason.
We need to protect our children, we need to tell them right from wrong and don’t let your child wander!!!! no matter how old they are, they should ALWAYS be with a parent, we are not in Kansas anymore!!! This isn’t a safe world and we need to put an end to child kidnapping and murder!!!!
and whoever did this to this precious child, need to rot in hell!
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