tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post6278769454146799524..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Close Calls: Abductions That FailedJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-1153648148972820822010-09-08T15:53:04.773-04:002010-09-08T15:53:04.773-04:00When I was in the first grade (in 1953), I used to...When I was in the first grade (in 1953), I used to walk to my grandparents house for lunch. On the way back, two other classmates and I had to pass a rather seedy bar and grill. One day, three men were sitting in their car with their car doors open. One of them told us that they would give us a dime if we went with them. We took off for school, knowing that we would be in big trouble with theGrace Toppinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291304815273486038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-3898620958672892192010-09-06T15:41:09.551-04:002010-09-06T15:41:09.551-04:00I shall do so!I shall do so!Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-64951793702921166192010-09-06T13:46:10.075-04:002010-09-06T13:46:10.075-04:00Julia, you should ask her.Julia, you should ask her.Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02172124872936856806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-28778136078210010702010-09-06T11:58:56.150-04:002010-09-06T11:58:56.150-04:00Barb, that is chilling. And it's common knowle...Barb, that is chilling. And it's common knowledge today that the puppy or kitten lure, or the candy lure, is very commonly used by pedophiles seeking child victims.<br /><br />But in the 1970s, I don't really know that people talked about "stranger danger" issues. I doubt my mother even remembers the incident with the "dog lover" who visited me, but if she did I'dJulia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-10445748109077776522010-09-06T10:48:48.009-04:002010-09-06T10:48:48.009-04:00I had my own near abduction, though I didn't s...I had my own near abduction, though I didn't see it as such at the time. I was nine, maybe ten. I had just ridden my bike home from a friend's house a few blocks away. It was a weekday afternoon. The sun was still shining. And as I walked my bike up my driveway, a car pulled around the corner and a man called out to me, saying he had found a puppy, and he was trying to find its owner. DidBarb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02172124872936856806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-82211886298552391272010-09-06T10:24:47.019-04:002010-09-06T10:24:47.019-04:00Ironically, I'm a parent who keeps an unusuall...Ironically, I'm a parent who keeps an unusually close eye on her children, but other parents view me as overprotective--and I see all sorts of children around my town walking alone, riding bikes alone, skateboarding in empty parking lots alone. I always wonder where their parents are and why they aren't worried.<br /><br />And that book sounds fantastic. I'm going to look it up.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-48908598335653877582010-09-06T10:01:50.545-04:002010-09-06T10:01:50.545-04:00I don't know how any parent finds the courage ...I don't know how any parent finds the courage to let a child out of the house unsupervised! Kids can't be warned often enough about the danger of letting strangers get too close. Julia, the guy who wanted to give you "a ride" sounds like he was reliving some kind of youthful fantasy. <br /><br />I think you would find Laura Lippman's new book, I'D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE, Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com