Jaycee Lee Dugard Photos: Lessons to Learn from Abduction of Jaycee Dugard by PhillipCraig Garrido and Nancy Garrido
Jaycee Dugard was Abducted by Craig Garrido and Nancy Garrido in 1991; Here's How to Protect Your Children
Jaycee Lee Dugard was in the wrong place at the wrong time she was walking home when she was nabbed by her abductor Philip Craig Garrido. Unlike many of the other faces that end up on milk cartons, Jaycee Dugard was one of the lucky ones. In similar kidnapping cases, the kidnapped children are usually eventually murdered.
Parents need to protect their children like never before. So many parents - just like Jaycee Dugard's parents - think that the nightmare of losing a child could never happen to them. The nightmare of losing Jaycee Dugard has plagued her family for the last 18 years. For many of the last 18 years, Jaycee Dugard's parents have longed for a body - so that they could have closure. Little did they know that Jaycee Dugard would waltz right in to a police station and their long lost daughter would be returned to them.
Your child could be abducted just like Jaycee Dugard. Learning from the Jaycee Dugard situation and protecting your kids from pradators like Craig Garrido and Nancy Garrido is vital to the health and well-being of your child. Here are three things we can teach our children so that they will not become the next Jaycee Dugard.
Lesson #1: Don't let your guard down. Children are naïve and it's important to teach them at a young age to be aware of their surroundings. Jaycee Dugard did not see her abductors - Philip Craig Garrido and Nancy Garrido - coming. It's a scary truth that many children do not see their abductors.
Lesson #2: Keep a cell phone on you at all times. Even though cell phones were not popular when Jaycee Dugard was abducted by Philip Craig Garrido and Nancy Garrido, a cell phone could be useful now. Have your child call 911 and scream out what they see if they are abducted. This will help authorities find your child should they be abducted like Jaycee Dugard.
Lesson #3: Never go anywhere alone. There is strength in numbers. Had Jaycee Dugard been with a group of friends, her abductors Philip Craig Garrido and Nancy Garrido may not have stopped to pick her up.
It's sad our children have to grow up in a world where they have to worry about people like Philip Craig Garrido and Nancy Garrido. All we can do is learn from this tragedy of Jaycee Dugard and pray it never happens to one of our loved ones.
Below is a link to a web page to show some pictures of Jaycee Dugard before and after her abduction. Thank God Jaycee Dugard found her way home safe. I know like many of you out there do we pray for the safe return of every missing child and our hearts go out to the parents who children our missing, our prayers will be with you.
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20 Comments
Post a CommentIt sounds to me like you are a predator trying to convince us to let our children near prople like you.
Our 7 yr old always wears a seatbelt.
you are so wrong, they arent even safe in there own home with the internet expanding the scope of predators, I had so much freedom as a child , to bad my girls can't enjoy the same. the world is a different place than 1972
Re Chris and FlCharlie posts
Is it not amazing - so many people will let their kids ride without proper use of car seats, and especially booster seatsbooster seats, even though thwy prevent hundreds of deaths, yet they will write that they never let their 7 y.o. walk down the street in a GATED community! Very askew.
Jim is right - instead of looking at individual cases, why don't you look at statistics. We didn't have this media when we were growing up, and abdactions and rapes happened then more often than now.
Jim your crazy if you think the world is safer I don't know where you live but try and leave your kids in the city for a couple of hours and see if they dont get picked up...
its sad that this had to happen to this child this young lady is still a child of 11 in some ways let us not forget this as every one goes crazy over tring to talk with her lets hope that her children can come out of this ok what this world need to do is to put our arms around this young lady and tell her that their is a god and hope that she can put this behind her and get on with living because this world is not so bad we just have some crazy sick people in this world i hope and pray that she comes through this ok
The world is safer now then it's ever been. Let your children explore. Let them play alone. Stop hovering. This sort of abduction is so so so very rare. Don't let the fear and the media scare you!
We live in Florida, a fairly high crime state, and have 2 kids, a 16 yr old and a 7 rd old. We live in a gated community, don't even let our 7 yr old girl walk down the street alone, and take her to school and pick her up in the afternoon. We are constantly alert and never let her out of our sight in WalMart, Disney, or any other public place. Sad, but necessary. Call this article "fearmongering" if you wish. But the alternative to being constantly alert is unthinkable.
Better ideas:
Lesson 1: Be aware, so that you know when you need to be afraid. Paying attention isn't the same as cowering. And to know the difference, you have to give kids (and people) the chance to practice and hone their judgment. They aren't going to learn to read a situation if they're always in your shadow.
Lesson 2: Cell phones are useful in many situations, but you're not always going to have one. Think for yourself, based on what's happening, and look for opportunities if you need to.
Lesson 3: Never let an adult, even a relative, in the house with your child. Most children who are molested or abducted are victimized by people they should have been able to trust, not strangers.
It's sad our children have to grow up in a world where critical thinking skills are so little used, and where bad advice is easily found. How will they know how to function on their own if they can't tell lies from the truth?