In the news - 2 year old almost snatched from car!

I think we just have to do whatever we feel that we need to do to keep our kids safe. Its just not worth risking it. We must just be aware of the dangers and keep it in mind the whole time. I wanted to have a playgroup at my house during the WC holiday for those mommies who don't have anywhere to send their kids, but I can't risk that, it would stress me out completely if I had to take responsibility for someone else's kids as well as my own under these circumstances.

Just wanted to add, I knwo you aren't even safe in your home most of teh time, like I said before, my dh's work require that he sees alot of nasty stuff, first hand. I can not even begin to tell you how messed up this place really is.

Oh and did you hear about how someone stole money from the Bulgarian team who is here already?
What a joke.

Claire, my kids are certainly not trapped at home - we go to church, we have visits with friends and family and so and so and blahblahblah I am just not taking a chance taking out 6 kids with me to a busy shopping centre. Eerder bang jan as dooie jan. And my kids know all and any safety measures considering strangers. Micayla even carries pepper spray with her... I also worry about them at school, but ...

It seems that the goverment and Fifa is making a lot of arraingements to keep visitors safe. But our own children are at stake here. This is just not on!! I wish they told us these things before they started the whole world cup thing, then maybe we wouldn't have been so positive about it. I'm one very negative mommy today!!!

I take my boys everywhere with me and you just need to be safe, Brandon knows he must hold my hand (if not, he stays home on the next outing) and while Liam is still learning the rule, he is on a harness (and I really do not care what people think about that !)

It can be really difficult cos during the week I can leave them at home, but over the weekend while DH is away, I HAVE to take them with me - there are certain things you can teach them (like screaming on the top of their voices when someone they do not know approaches them, Hang whistles round their necks etc).

I believe in rather teaching them these measures as there is ALWAYS a chance of something happening, not just during the world cup, and it is kinda cruel to keep them locked up at home while I go out.

Justine - I think I need to disagree on the car chair issue - if that child had been strapped into a car chair it would have been way harder to get him out, cos of the way the child is strapped in - don't know about you, but I often struggle with those little arms when they do not want to get out of the car.

I received an e-mail stating that with the Germany world cup, 2000 kids went missing.
I am not sure about the population of Germany, but I think we have way more people here, so, can you imagine what's going to happen here?
My LO is not going to shopping centres with me for the next few months, that's for sure...

I can certainly understand that this will be a busy time for you ... WOW I did not know you worked for an airline. What do you do?