Abductions in America
We've got our own Holly and Jessica. They've got theirs. Jennifer Short, Elizabeth Smart, Nicole Timons.
I'm not denying that this is a terrible, terrible tragedy for the families and parents. I hated seeing Jennifer Short's family ritually abused on TV; making statements, zoom-shots on crying grandparents. Way more intrusive than anything you'd see here, for sure. What's interesting though, is that the kids that get the coverage seem to be; girls, white, pretty (often blonde) and attractive. There's unfortunately a huge raft of missingkids in the States: why don't the black/Asian/Hispanic/male/less cute ones get on TV?
Frank Furedi has interesting views on how "our culture readily incites parents and the public to outburts of panic." But then, he does have his book, Paranoid Parenting, to promote, so he's bound to be in the Golden Rolodex on this one.
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