My Inner World

Late last week there were several reports of a man trying to abduct children from two primary schools. One school is in our village, the other in Munchkin’s Grandmother’s.
A man had been reported to be asking small children whether they liked chocolate and sweets. Telling them to go with him. The children, thankfully, ran away and reported it to their teachers.

The schools sent out letters to the children’s parents and the police was involved.

Last Tuesday, Paddy was putting the Munchkin in the car to take her to her Nannie’s. He saw three men standing with clip-boards and it seemed odd to him that those people would be out so early. And it was. Seconds later, a police car came screeching around the corner. Together, they arrested a Nigerian man that lives in the houses parallel to ours. A man that lives 50 meters away from us. In a neighborhood that has lots of small children playing outside all day long.
I do not let Munchkin play outside alone, but there are kids, younger than she, that are playing outside by themselves. I think they are absolutely crazy for allowing that, but what can I do?
The idea of what this man could have done to them scares me to death. He could have opened his door, grabbed one of them in, and nobody would have known! The tears are welling up in my eyes just thinking about it…..

The idea that an animal like that lives across the street from us! He was in court on Thursday and they are now investigating charges that a 16 year old girl has made to him as well.
I hope they put him away, and tell the other inmates exactly what he is in there for.
(My step-brother was in jail for a while, completely different story, and he said that offences to children were the one thing that were not tolerated by the inmates. Those people would have a VERY hard time on the inside.)

I hate that the world has come to a stage where I have to talk to my (almost) three year old daughter about strange men. We were going to anyway, but I hate that it’s necessary…