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Kristine

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...I accidentally kidnapped a child. A girl that lives on our road (she's about 10) came and asked for Kaja at about 5.30 in the afternoon. The kids were both running around with the girl next door, playing in our garden and their garden, so I told her where the kids were, and she went to find them. I think they played on the trampoline for a while, and then they went inside next door. At about 7 I went next door and picked the kids up, and I saw that there was a police car outside the other girl's house. I asked if she knew if they'd had a break-in or something, and she didn't know. I took the kids home, and the neighbour took her kid and the other girl to the park, and to get there you have to walk past the other girl's house.

After a while the neighbour came around, and it turns out the police were called because the girl was missing (!) She hadn't told her parents she was going anywhere, and appearantly she has a medical condition that means she has to eat at certain times, or she will pass out. I didn't know about this (which is strange as she has been at our house playing a few times).

It honestly didn't cross my mind that she wasn't allowed to go out - and I feel so bad. She has been playing with Kaja a few times, but she has some developmental issues which means she's not always able to know right from wrong, and she can get a bit violent, so they don't play that much together.

I guess I'm going to have to go up there after work and appologise to her parents. I'm not sure what to say though. Most kids around here are allowed to go see their friends without the parents coming along, that's why I didn't think anything of it - my kids will be 8 and 4 this year, and they are both allowed to play outside without me.
 
oh no you was only doing what you felt right i let mine out to play to (9 and 6) and tell them they are not allowed in peoples houses unless they come and ask and if i have children at mine i always ask them if there mom knows where they am and to go ask if its ok,so you did everything right and im sure an explanation to the parents will be enough
 
I hope so. I don't know them that well, but they seem like nice people so hopefully it will be OK. The mom is on the board of the homeowner association with me. I did think it was strange not to go around the houses that has kids the same age as her though, to see if she was there (that's what I would have done) before calling the police, but I guess with her medical issues it's a bit different.
 
oh wow! It's not your fault and I am sure they will appreciate your apology. And as you said they should really have gone looking for her...I would have been out in the street screaming her name out!
 
Hopefully, her parents will understand. I can't believe they hadn't looked for her before.
 
I don't that's your fault at all. I hope the parents are understanding about the whole situation!
 
wow crazy!!! I am shocked they didn't check around at the neighbors before calling the police!
 
I have spoken to her mum now, and she was really nice about it all. She did say she should have gone around the houses with kids to check, but she just paniced - which is understandable. So all is well now:)
 
Wow Kristine! How scary! You think the parents would've told all the neighbors about her condition though way beforehand.

I'm glad it all turned out ok.

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wow Kristine - I am sure that is much more excitement than you bargained for! Glad it's better now!
 
Oh my goodness! I'm so glad that everything turned out okay! I'm glad that she was so nice about the whole thing since it was just a big misunderstanding. (((hugs))) sweetie I'm sure this was so stressful for you!
 
I can totally see how that could happen. The neighbor girl comes by here all the time to play and I never think to question whether her parents know. I just assume. And I am surprised too that they didn't ask around the neighborhood before calling the police. But I am glad to hear that everything turned out good.
 
oh that's great that she was so kind about it! I can definitely understanding how she may have had a moment of panic!
 
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