- Jun 5, 2004
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Awful, awful case, and as a parent makes me distressed. Speaking with a friend of mine recently about your kids being victims of this type of thing, the lack of ability to stop it is what gave us both the most concern. We were actually talking about drunk drivers or drugged drivers, or speeding drivers etc, hitting your child in an accident, but the sentiment is the same: it's the things we can't control that are the most frightening. We can keep our kids safe from most things, make sure they look left/right/left before crossing, make sure they don't talk to strangers, make sure they're never in situations where they can be taken or taken advantage of, make sure they're not with people you don't trust and know... but these things, these seemingly random things are the ones that are the scariest.
James' Mum turned her back for a moment, and the boy is gone, and dead... absolutely mindblowing.
Totally agree. The worst part of being a parent is worrying about something like this. It's always in the back of your mind.