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keara
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missing children
Apr 29, 2012
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800,000 children are reported missing each year in the United States that includes children who are
lost, ran away from home and who have been abducted. 200,000 of these children are taken by family
members 58,000 children are taken by people who are not family members but are close to the child. a
little more than half of the children are returned home alive but the other forty percent are
killed.
so my question is how can we keep our children safe and prevent things like this to happen in our
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Farhad
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Re: missing children
Apr 30, 2012
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"Alcohol, drugs, loose family relationships, Hollywood and similar institutions, pornography,
violence in media directly contribute to missing children" while unsustainable growth and
industrialization indirectly contribute to missing children..
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This post was edited on: 2012-04-30 at 05:50 AM by: Farhad
This post was edited on: 2012-04-30 at 05:52 AM by: Farhad
This post was edited on: 2012-04-30 at 01:24 PM by: Kathryn Sabo (Moderator)
This post was edited on: 2012-04-30 at 04:59 PM by: Kathryn Sabo (Moderator)
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Chenty Abu
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Re: missing children
May 3, 2012
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We just need to be strict with the kind of people we entrust our children to.
Lets also choose schools with tight security for them and be careful the kind of nannies we employ
for our kids.
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Jennifer
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Re: missing children
May 4, 2012
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Chenty wrote:
We just need to be strict with the kind of people we
entrust our children to.
Lets also choose schools with tight security for them and be careful the kind of nannies we employ
for our kids.
Sadly, this kind of society is one that is becoming increasingly necessary, although we would not
want it to be that way.
Do we want our children to grow up living under surveillance throughout their childhood...?
Would we rather they could run free and play in the sunshine, or go to schools that are not more
like prisons than places of learning..?
It is true that child abduction / abuse has always gone on. It's happened throughout the centuries,
only now we are more aware of it. In the age of mass communications it is more "in our face" than
it ever was before. This can be an aid to education... teaching parents to be more careful about
who they employ to look after their children, or being more watchful when they let them out to
play.
But this becomes oppressive when it goes to the lengths of restricting liberties and freedoms that
young people should be able to enjoy.
Rather than prison camp conditions for children, I think there should be better education to
parents, teachers and other care professionals who work with children, to teach them how to spot all
the signs, and what to do when their suspicions are aroused.
How to spot and challenge a suspicious character lurking near a school. How to detect the signs
that a child may be being abused. Better investigative techniques for catching criminals and
returning children to their families,and for monitoring known sex offenders released back into
society.
All these things, and others besides not only put pressure on the offenders (where it belongs), but
it reduces the need for intrusive surveillance and restrictive living conditions.
It's the criminals who should be living behind the fences and being watched every minute of the day,
not the children.
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Farhad
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Re: missing children
May 4, 2012
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It is absolutely necessary that criminals are put behind fences so that our children would be free
to live naturally and normally. But I believe we may go towards a world with less and hopefully no
criminals. Doing that, we shall pay attention to the roots that cause creation and growth of crime
and criminals.
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Jennifer
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Re: missing children
May 7, 2012
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farhadmiriany wrote:
It is absolutely necessary that criminals are put
behind fences so that our children would be free to live naturally and normally. But I believe we
may go towards a world with less and hopefully no criminals. Doing that, we shall pay attention to
the roots that cause creation and growth of crime and criminals.
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A world without criminals would be a wonderful thing, Farhad. I would fully endorse that sentiment,
however, it is unlikely this will ever happen.
I believe a decent society should not only protect the children, but should also protect their
freedom to grow in an environment with a minimum of physical restriction. Please do not confuse
that with lack of supervision, guidance or discipline, just one where they can enjoy being children.
I agree wholeheartedly your comment that it is the criminals who should be restricted.
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Farhad
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Re: missing children
May 18, 2012
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One question is that how long children may be let to enjoy being children.
It seems children shall be let to enjoy it for a certain time of their age and then to be let under
supervision for another certain time followed by some kind of mutual child-adult relationship so
that they become responsible adults.
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