Safe Luxury

Do you feel safe and how do you keep your kids safe?

As a new and young mother I feel a vulnerability an paranoia about the world. As a woman its always been there but now since motherhood seems hyper. What do you do to keep your kids safe? And in the wake of columbine, natalee holloway, BTK, and the horrific stories of adam walsh and the other children. How do you not let the paranoia affect your kids. I don't want to raise my child afraid of their own shadow, but in a world like today, how do you not? After a repair person leaves my home, right away, i check to make sure the windows doors in the room they were in are still locked, when i'm home alone with my child I don't answer the door unless its someone I know.

Public Comments

1. First of relax, for every bad thing that happens, a child is kidnapped, someone is murdered, a million kids are not kidnapped or murdered. Bad news makes the news. The fact that little Johnny was not kidnapped or the next door neighbor was not tortured to death will never be on the news. But it happens all of the time If you are nervous, get a home security system, then use it. Get a dog, there is nothing like a big old dog with a loud bark to keep strangers away. Make sure you have good locks on the doors, and windows. I was probably more paranoid then most mothers, so I did teach my son about strangers, if he got separated from me in a store, he knew who to talk to. I gave him instructions on walking down the street and had him call me when he arrived at his destinations. And sometimes, just to verify his veracity, I would drive by where he said he was going to be just to keep him honest. He was given all of the talks about drugs, kidnappers and sexual abuse. But I also told him that most of the people in the world are good people, so he should trust people but also be aware of what was happening and his surroundings. Of course you don't say where you live, or what your support system is. These will all make a difference in how you react to your environment.