Babysitter picked up the wrong child from school

Published on October 4, 2006 By foreverserenity In Misc

Talk about a nightmare! A babysitter whose first day it was on the job, went to pick up the child she is responsible for from school.

The problem is, she picked up the wrong child!

The two things that is frightening to think about is (1) the child went willing with her. (he’s five years old) and (2) the school didn’t realize the mix up!

OMG! That’s enough to freak any parent out!

It was an honest mistake because she had never seen the child before. Didn’t’ they have a picture they could have given her? And that poor child who was so trusting to walk off with someone he didn’t know. It’s always good for parents to not just say, ‘don’t talk to strangers’ they have to give good examples of what not to do and who not to go off with. These days, a trusting-looking person could be the most dangerous.

I have code words with my two oldest children and they each have a cell phone. My youngest is not savvy where the code word is concerned but the daycare is pretty efficient and there is a codeword set up if my hubby or I can’t pick her up. She won’t be released to just anyone.

It’s a good thing everything turned out alright in this case. Thank goodness!

Article here: Link

Comments (Page 2)

Gideon MacLeish

on Oct 08, 2006

http://prayforkatie.blogspot.com/2005/08/help-save-katie-wernecke-and-your-kids.html

This article doesn't heavily go into how the state used the Amber Alert system to track Katie down, but it does tell a good part of the story.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44683

(disclaimer: while I know the first is Katie's family's blogsite and the second is a notoriously conservative site, the details can be found on virtually ANY news site).

foreverserenity

on Oct 08, 2006

Wow Gid, I had no idea about this! If they reported that news here in FL I didn't hear it. Thanks for the link!

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