Sick! Sick! Sick! How many parents watched the show and sobbed for their missing children? How many parents sleep without knowing where their children are? What is the plight of abducted children when they are found?
Todd in 1974Oprah’s guest, Todd , a man that had been abducted when he was 13 years old in 1974; for 18 months sodomised and abused and forced to live in fear. He was on the show to tell us why abducted children seldom run away from their captors even when a chance arises. I watched; my heart aching, as I am a mother to a wonderful 21 month old boy. What am I gonna have to do to ensure my child is not a statistic? Is it really necessary to go thru so much? What has happened to purely wonderful safe childhood?
Todd retalling his ordealTodd explained in detail how it
all; the abduction, the torture, the “over a 100” sodomising, the luring of other kids, the drugging of the kool-aid, the beatings, the rescue, the calls home, the fear – happened. This man had been abducted when some of us where not even a concept – over 30 years ago - and he can still recall each and every moment. He can still detail everything – it seems burnt into his mind and conscious. I wondered if
any punishment by the law is sufficient for the molesters. Nothing seems enough to me; except
horrendous torture. For me the punishment is for the molester to be beaten and tortured for a lengthy period of time; even if it is for his entire life. I am really angry.
The children are judged by society. People make the assumption that it is easy for the child to up and leave, tell someone or alert people. Society assumes the child could have escaped. Why do people judge the kids? They did nothing wrong! It is not the child’s choice to leave home and be molested! The molesters make the children believe that it is the child’s fault that this is happening to them. The molester forces the child to stay. The molester does things to prove that the parents are not looking for the child anymore. They make the child believe that they were chosen for s specific reason; that you brought it onto yourself.
Like Oprah says the children are seduced! The children feel they are a part of it; they are made to believe that it is okay. The molesters “groom” the children. They win the children’s confidence then betray them in the worst possible way. Why? Why? Why?
What is in the mind of these sick people? The children blame themselves! That is what the children have to live with for their entire lives
Ed SmartED smart, Elizabeth Smart’s father – Elizabeth was abducted in her own home; in her room! She was just 14 years old; and she was rescued 9 months later just a “couple of miles” from her home. She has been rescued for 4 years now, is in college; but still awaiting trial. Where is the justice? The father maintains she is fine but I am just heartsore at what happened to her. Hasn’t she has suffered enough? Why drag the case for so long? She deserves to put this behind her; and see her abductors (they looked scary!) behind bars for life. How do you move on? How do you survive the nightmares? The tortures? How? It is unconceivable how you wake up each day and not feel like the world is not a safe place?
The hardest thing is having to explain to your children that you lived through a kidnapping and molestation! Todd has been married 26 years and has grown children. He never told anyone what happened to him but it was important to tell his children when they could understand. How do you not live in fear that it could happen to your child? He explained it in detail to the children when they were 6 and 7. I could not imagine the pain he had to endure just telling his children how cruel the world is.
Bill O'reillyWhat can parents do to ensure their children are never abducted? Another Talk show host, Bill O’reilly came on the Oprah show via Satellite with more horror news and injustices – too harrowing to recount and I am too drained by the information. He insisted that the parents have to make the children believe that the father will be there to protect them. Most children grow up in single mom houses so I hope you condition your children to know that you will always be there for them. I am really in support of the tracker unit for children.
I went to bed with a headache.