It’s justifiably a worst nightmare, but child abduction in Canada is not the norm. Missing Children Society of Canada looked at the 46,718 missing children recorded by the RCMP in 2011. The majority were runaways, parental kidnapping accounted for 145 and a stranger kidnapping was 25. Though absolutely horrifying, one missing child is too many, these numbers do not reflect Canada’s 5,607,345 fourteen years and under crowd recorded by Statistics Canada. Parental abduction is what will most likely occur in the rare event that your child is kidnapped. It usually occurs between separated parents, where one is not abiding by the custody agreement. The RCMP website says, “Canadian law enforcement definition of a stranger not only refers to someone totally unknown to the child victim but also refers to…
As a mother it is easy to feel isolated in a ghost town. Stress passes through the same body, which was strong enough to house another human, like oxygen. With questions like, “Do we have enough money? Is that playground safe? And what will the neighbours think?” stir panic as efficiently as the TV chef you expect yourself to be. Nightmares of our precious little angels having their arms amputated resulting from splinters inflicted by wooden park equipment. If it will make you feel better, you’re not alone.
