In the US , New Mexico is a problem according to some young women I have talked to . They don't do out without several people being with them , they are armed as soon as they legally can be . They said that girls get snatched from just about anywhere . It's a huge problem
@TexChik Yeah I have also implemented this as a rule for my kids when I cannot be around. No one goes anywhere alone... Always all together even if it is just a few meters down the road... anywhere further than that, they have to wait for me to be around to accompany them.
I take them to school and arrange for them to be collected again after school. Very soon I will be giving my car for my eldest daughter to take to school and back (and the school is literally just around the corner from where we live) and she would have to pick up her twin sister at their school too.
They are not allowed to sleep out anywhere, not even at family member's houses, without my being there. One exception is when the eldest has to visit her mom some weekends or holidays, in which case she always has her cellphone, with tracker active and I call more than twice a day at very random times to check on her.
@iMystery good for you. They also make very small GPS tracker chips . My son has one in his back pack , one laced into his tennis shoes , and another on his little key chain. I can see where he's at while I'm at work .
Same. I am very protective of my siblings and they laugh about it. I grew up in different times than them. And it's so difficult to let go and accept they are safer.
