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Are Your Kids a Target for Abductors?

It’s a question most parents don’t like to think about… unless you live in Minnesota. A few months ago some parents in a quiet Twin Cities suburb were forced to consider how easy it was to have a stranger abduct their child. Not because there was a deranged kidnapper on the prowl, rather parents and children were unnecessarily frightened because a local TV station decided to take a hands-on approach to reporting the news. Or shall I say creating the news? Thanks to some bonehead news director at KMSP, the Fox affiliate in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, reporters were told … Continue reading →

Protecting Pets against Kidnapping

Any pet can be at risk for kidnapping, but there are things you can do to help reduce that risk. Don’t leave pets alone outside. Supervise them at all times! If your yard is visible from the street, anybody walking by can see that you are there with your pet — and your pet isn’t a good target. If strangers approach you to ask questions about your pet, don’t share details like how much he cost or where you live. Be polite, but don’t be specific. If your pet does go missing, report it to police and/or animal control as … Continue reading →

Pet Kidnapping on the Rise

According to statistics from the American Kennel Club, pet kidnapping is on the rise. It’s a statistic that’s difficult to track, to be sure. Pet theft is categorized with other property theft in official police reports, so the AKC and other groups have to rely on anecdotal evidence. But law enforcement agencies agree that pet theft — especially dog theft — is higher in 2008 than in the past. In the first half of the year, the AKC caught wind of three times as many dog thefts as there were in the first half of 2007. Why steal a pet? … Continue reading →

What’s a Parent to Do?

How often do you think twice about allowing your child to ride his bike to a friend’s home, around the block, or to the corner store? On a typical day (you know, the one that includes doing the laundry with one hand, carrying a cranky baby in the other, loading the dishwasher with your left foot while balancing on the right, and using your teeth to mend a stuffed toy) I would guess the majority of parents are simply happy that at least one child has found something to pass the time… and isn’t it a shame he can’t take … Continue reading →

The Rescuers (1977)

Bernard the mouse is the janitor at the Rescue Aid Society, an organization comprised entirely of mice and dedicated to the rescuing of prisoners, wherever they may be. Representatives from all over the world join together at meetings of this group and divide the assignments between them, forming a highly effective task force. You wouldn’t think so much could be accomplished by a bunch of rodents, but then, you underestimate! Penny is a little orphan girl who has been kidnapped by a crazy woman named Medusa who is in search of a giant diamond. This diamond is down a hole … Continue reading →

Like Dandelion Dust – Karen Kingsbury

I’ve mentioned before that I’m a huge fan of Dee Henderson and Terri Blackstock. I am so delighted to announce that I have found another stellar nationally published Christian suspense author, Karen Kingsbury. “Like Dandelion Dust” is the story of Jack and Molly Campbell, a couple who was childless for the first years of their marriage until they adopted Joey, a little blond who immediately became the heart of their home. They can’t imagine how they ever existed without him, and they treasure every minute they get to spend with him. Wendy, Joey’s birth mother has a terrible secret; she … Continue reading →

Stockholm Syndrome and Attachment Disorders: My Thoughts

It might seem odd that I find a connection between Stockholm Syndrome and Attachment Disorder but, for some strange reason I do. In our walk as adoptive parents I have found many who doubt the true depth of an attachment disorder, and tell us they simply don’t understand what the problem might be with a child who can’t accept and love parents after living a difficult life. Yet, these same doubters are willing and able to accept the fact that a well adjusted person could be kidnapped and abused into bonding with their captors? Stockholm Syndrome is a term used … Continue reading →

The Truth about Celia – Kevin Brockmeier

This book is written in a literary style, which I don’t traditionally go for, but as I’m working to expand my repertoire, I thought I would give it a try, and found it fairly fascinating in the way it was constructed. The book is, in actuality, a work of fiction written by Kevin Brockmeier. However, once within the book, you are invited to believe that it was written by the main character, Christopher, and that you are reading a true story. Celia was just seven years old when she disappeared from her own yard. Her father was inside the house … Continue reading →

Amber Alert Basics

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On January 13, 1996 nine year old Amber Hagerman was abducted while riding her bicycle near her home in Arlington, Texas. Four days later her body was found in a ditch about four miles from where she was abducted. It was later revealed that a neighbor heard Amber scream and actually saw both the kidnapper and the abduction as the perpetrator grabbed her tossed her into his pickup truck. The neighbor called the police and provided a description of the attacker and the vehicle but at that time there was no system in place to distribute this kind of abduction … Continue reading →