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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 05:27 PM
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Toddlers Wander 1/2 Mile From Douglas, Mass. Daycare
Two young girls were found in a Douglas backyard after wandering a half-mile from their daycare Tuesday afternoon, the Worcester Telegram and Gazette reports.

The unidentified girls, ages 3 and 4, apparently opened a gate at the Within Community Center day care and wandered off.

A short time later, the girls were found a half-mile away by a resident in a neighbor's backyard, the paper reports. The man tells the paper he saw the two girls knocking on his neighbor's backdoor. He told the Telegram that he called them over, his wife got them something to drink, and he called 911.

Both girls were not hurt, the paper reports.

More:
http://wbztv.com/local/toddlers.wander.daycare.2.1313849.html
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jmondine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 06:13 PM
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1. The girls weren't hurt, but the rabbit in red suspenders trailing them sustained many injuries
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Walk away Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 07:00 PM
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2. I run a little doggie day care better than that!
www.bethpets.com
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David__77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 07:27 PM
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3. If I saw a wandering toddler, I'd be very concerned how to deal with it.
I'd call the police right away but I'd be afraid to intervene because I'd be afraid of being accused to taking it or something lol...
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 07:29 PM
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4. You aren't the first man I've heard expressing that concern.
I don't blame you at all.
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David__77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 07:30 PM
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5. As a gay man, even more so...
Stigmas and all...
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 09:05 PM
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9. 20/20 aired a segment with child actors pretending to be lost. Very few men intervened.
Edited on Sun Nov-15-09 09:06 PM by Liberal_in_LA
Only women intervened. And these were kids standing on the sidewalks crying out that they were lost. The men walked on by.

I'm sure the men feared accusations of child molestation or such.
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Celebration Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 08:41 PM
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6. eh, I doubt if that particular thing has happened
Most perverts that take kids don't turn around and call the police. Surely the cops can see the logic.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 09:57 PM
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10. I've been in that situation. The first thing you do is find a woman to help you. n/t
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Dreamer Tatum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 10:06 PM
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11. Or call the fuzz, first thing, and ask for advice from them
I once found a lost kid at Universal Studios, so I motioned a vendor to give them a bottle of water while I sat near them, and the vendor then set off the alarm. Worked very well.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 10:17 PM
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12. Yep. Head for the nearest woman, then the nearest person in authority. n/t
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Dreamer Tatum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 11:55 PM
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16. Damn straight. nt
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dustbunnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 08:48 PM
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7. Nanny Mcphee would not have been amused. n/t
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 08:49 PM
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8. 18 month old toddler got out onto busy street in Billings last month
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_2d2a716a-b857-11de-9769-001cc4c03286.html

Julie Powell was furious. Her 18-month-old son, Carter, whom she had dropped off at a Billings child care business, had wandered into traffic on Central Avenue, where he was rescued by a passing motorist.

Worse yet, Powell said, no one at the business mentioned the incident when she arrived later to pick up Carter and his brother Konnor, 3.

"The police called us to find out if we knew what happened," Powell said. "I went and picked up the kids and nobody told me about it. They let me pay for the day."

The name of the business: Toddler Escape Drop-In Child Care.

... (more at link)


The business involved in THIS one is one of those drop in care centers, which are not as well regulated in Montana as regular day care. Central Ave in Billings is a major traffic artery.

Kids in OP were 3 & 4? I would not call them toddlers at that age. Little kids, who shouldn't be wandering unattended, for sure, but not toddlers. The 18 month old in the Billings case is a toddler. Somebody should be looking at some community service at the very least in that one.

Makes one wonder what the hell people are doing.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 10:18 PM
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13. My 5-year-old nephew took his 3-year-old brother
and attempted to walk to burger king on a VERY busy street! The 3-year-old was completely NAKED from head to toe! Their Mother was sleeping.

Luckily someone spotted them and called the police and they were returned back home. The cops looked around (they looked in the fridge) and scolded their Mother and left.

Their Father put a deadbolt on the door very high after that incident.

The 3-year-old was naked and there was a sex offender that lived down the street the cops said. That could have turned out very ugly.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 10:28 PM
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14. My brother and I wandered at dawn at least once, but went no further than next door...
Our parents installed a very high latch hook after that, which my bright little devil of a brother tried to undo by poking it with a yardstick. We were under four years of age, iirc.

Parents can't be too vigilant, but they have to sleep some time!

Hekate
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-16-09 10:40 PM
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17. That is some scary stuff!
But you are right, a parents got to sleep sometime!
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madamesilverspurs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 10:34 PM
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15. A milkman in Denver rescued a baby
who was waving at cars while sitting in the middle of busy Colfax Avenue. The milkman recognized the child as belonging to one of the houses on his route. The baby's mother was astonished when she answered the door to find him there holding the child she thought was taking a nap. That was about 60 years ago, and my mother has yet to forgive me.

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