The 'nanny attack': What would you do?
If you haven't read Peter Hermann's piece today about a caregiver who was attacked while pushing a baby in a stroller in Bolton Hill, you should. Fortunately the caregiver and baby were physically OK, though the caregiver's iPod was taken.
This brings up an interesting point of safety, though, for both working and stay-at-home parents. If you're working and have a caregiver, do you give her (or him) any guidelines about what to do and where to go when out with the baby?
And if you're home with a baby/small child and like to walk (a great thing for new moms and dads to do this time of year), do you do it in a group? Take a cell phone? Let anyone know where you're going?
Comments
I'm horrified by this. What kind of person attacks a woman with a baby? And in broad day light in the middle of the afternoon?
Posted by: Kayris | June 4, 2009 1:02 PM
yes, always tell/text someone where you are going. take keys, and a cell phone and pay attention to what is going on around you! unfortunately, in my old neighborhood (michigan suburbs) there had been many cases of a rapist preying on women with children. he would follow them into their houses after they'd come back from walks. we all learned to be more observant of what was going on around us before we entered our homes....
Posted by: norma | June 8, 2009 11:38 AM