Its funny b/c you would think since my husband is a cop he would be more “aware” but it truly is correct when they say men are from mars b/c sometimes they just dont get it and you have to SPELL it out for them. I know my husband would throw himself in front of a train for our daughter but he would have to be aware of the train first…She rides with me to daycare each day so I am always thinking “what if” that car does this what would I do or what if something came flying throught the window as she also sits in the middle of the back seat watching her DVD player b/c we drive an hour one day to and from work…I know I would throw my body in front of anything that came in harms way to her… I have always wanted the police to get a special force together where all they do is go around to malls and grocery stores or out in public in general and when they see parents letting their children wonder, snatch them…just to teach those parents a lesson…I mean I have seen so many kids walking either ahead or behind their parents. In one of our local mall a mother works at one of the restaurants in the food court and during the day her 2 daughters who look to be about 6 & 7 maybe are there after school until Mom gets off. They roam around the mall…yes security knows them but someone could easily snatch them and the Mother wouldnt know b/c she is working. I know we all have jobs to do but daycares here will pick your child up from school and take them back to daycare… I guess its all mother’s instints and father’s learning abilities. There is one thing my husband does not tolerate being a state trooper and that is children not in child seats. He will write an 80 year old grandmother if she has kids not buckled up. He has 0 tolerance for that.

you know i read another article about this story when I googled it and it said that at first he didnt want his kids to walk to the meeting point but the kids insisted they would be ok b/c it was only a few miles down the road so he let them go…i had a discussion with a lady i work with about this and she thought 2nd degree murder was wrong b/c he didnt actually kill his daughter, he just made poor judgement and let her walk away in a blizzard…we had to agree to disagree on the subject………the other story i read also said there was another adult w/ this guy so two adults let these kids wonder off to meet up w/ their mother. Did he not have a cell phone? I know there are still few people who dont have cell phones so maybe he didnt. but there are way too many “holes” in this story. You are the parent, you dont let your kids tell you what there going to do, no matter what. Yes I give in to my daughter but she is 2 1/2 and it wont ever be to something this stupid.