I had the nagging suspicion a couple days ago (when she went missing) that Mike would get off the plane, hear about his missing sister and immediately ‘know’ somehow, where to look, and find her.
Jeez, what a dilemma. I’m not sure I would leave the area where Elizabeth is. She is younger than Michael and he can always be escorted from the gate by an airline employee. Whereas Elizabeth would probably come to her mommy calling and not a strange voice. I’d stay put and look for my toddler/preschooler. Speaking of, where is John? Why is he not there to pick up and greet his son (and help out)? And don’t give me a line about a busy dentist. My husband would rearrange his schedule to pick up our children after not seeing them for days.
In reply to the child leash…these are useless and pointless…why? The predator can UNLEASH to snatch the child. The child has to learn to stay with mom and it is the parent’s job to teach the child not to wander off. If you can’t, carry the child through a crowded place like the airport. Before you jump me, I am a mom of two boys and one of them always wandered off. So my solution? When I went grocery shopping, go to a crowded place, etc, I waited for husband to get home to stay with the boys for my peace of mind. I have a friend whose child was snatched while on that child leash. Thankfully she had a good lungs and was taught to scream in a stranger danger situation.
The first sentence I heard my grandson speak was, “I am NOT a dog!”. Spoken while mom was putting on his harness at the zoo. He really hated that thing.
Damn good way my mom always took to finding me in a store if I wandered off? Screaming/yelling my WHOLE name at the top of her lungs. If I wasn’t at her side in seconds, I was regretting it the rest of the day. Hearing your first, middle, and last name being said by your mother is CLASSIC warning for “You are in SO much trouble.” :D
When I worked at Lowes we had what was called a Code Adam. It meant that there was a child missing in the store. employees closest to the exits were to cover them to make sure the kid did not wander out, or some one other than the parent take a child out of the store. We only had one code Adam while I worked there. I found the kid wondering around the tool department. When his Mom came for him, I had never seen an expression like that on a woman’s face. A combination of relief and “I’m going to kill him!” at the same time.
Whoa, people are being a bit harsh on Ellie here! Almost every mother has experienced losing sight of their child for a short time and felt that cold pit of fear in their stomach as panic started setting in. There’s been a few occasions in my life where I was shopping and felt a little hand slip into mine or take a hold of my pant leg; when I looked down there was a toddler looking up at me with wide eyes that said, “I thought you were my mother, but you’re NOT!” Then their mom would appear, both hugely relieved their little one was OK and upset that she hadn’t realized her precious child wasn’t right beside or following her, if even only for a few minutes. It used to be that while shopping in most any store on any given day you’d hear an announcement about a child whose mother was “lost” and would she come up to the service desk so their child could claim her. I’ve also escorted a number of frightened children, wailing because they can’t find their mother, to the service desk. It has only been during the past couple of decades that losing track of your child could put them at risk for abduction and the horrors that could bring. It saddens me that the days of (comparative) innocence when every family member, friends, and neighbors watched over the local children as they played as if they were their own. Yes, bad things happened to children back then too, but it certainly seems to me that child abductions have increased over the years and too often it’s by somebody known to the child and their parents. :-/
When I was a child, maybe 6, my mother took me and my two younger brothers to the State Fair. She had the youngest in the stroller and myself and the middle brother attached to the stroller via leashes and dog harness’. This was the mid 60’s and she was lambasted by the men and older folks, called a terrible mother. Yet she was praised by other young mothers. Within a few years the fairgrounds was renting strollers with harness attached.
When my son was 7-8 years old he was always wandering away from me in the store. We happen to live a a really small town and the chance of him being snatched there is still really slim. Anyway he decided to walk away at the store where I actually work, So I went around the corner to watch him, to see him panic and maybe learn a lesson. He started calling my name and walking around calling. A co-worker came up to him and asked if he lost his mommy. His response?: ‘Oh, she’s around here somewhere.’ Don’t know who or if there was a lesson learned, but the co-worker got a laugh.
Gosh Elly, let us take a look. Considering all the times you:*Shouted at John for simple jokes and rudely referred to your own husband as “Patterson”.*Shouted at Michael for a messy room.*Screeched at Elizabeth for not doing a chore.*Ranted at the entire family.*Yelled at Farley.*Hated the fact that Michael did things you disapproved of, namely playing video games, even going so far to throw his Nintendo across the living room.Given all those, only NOW are we supposed to think you are hysterical??
In an interview, Lynn’s son said that after his true father, just like Obama’s dad, ran away from his responsibilities and left Lynn by herself, that Lynn became very overprotective of him and blaming herself. The son said that if he should happen to stub his toe, she would cry. Things got somewhat more stable after Lynn’s second marriage, but she behaved that way to a lesser extent with his half-sister. As such, it is safe to say both Elly and Connie are based on Lynn Johnston.
alviebird over 11 years ago
And Child Protective Services would be on their way to speak to mom.
JB10000Lakes over 11 years ago
I had the nagging suspicion a couple days ago (when she went missing) that Mike would get off the plane, hear about his missing sister and immediately ‘know’ somehow, where to look, and find her.
gobblingup Premium Member over 11 years ago
Jeez, what a dilemma. I’m not sure I would leave the area where Elizabeth is. She is younger than Michael and he can always be escorted from the gate by an airline employee. Whereas Elizabeth would probably come to her mommy calling and not a strange voice. I’d stay put and look for my toddler/preschooler. Speaking of, where is John? Why is he not there to pick up and greet his son (and help out)? And don’t give me a line about a busy dentist. My husband would rearrange his schedule to pick up our children after not seeing them for days.
linsonl over 11 years ago
I used to think a leash on a child was the meanest thing in the world……Until I had children of my own.
danlarios over 11 years ago
code adam!
krys723 over 11 years ago
Elly’s going to be mad when they find Lizzie
capricorn9th over 11 years ago
In reply to the child leash…these are useless and pointless…why? The predator can UNLEASH to snatch the child. The child has to learn to stay with mom and it is the parent’s job to teach the child not to wander off. If you can’t, carry the child through a crowded place like the airport. Before you jump me, I am a mom of two boys and one of them always wandered off. So my solution? When I went grocery shopping, go to a crowded place, etc, I waited for husband to get home to stay with the boys for my peace of mind. I have a friend whose child was snatched while on that child leash. Thankfully she had a good lungs and was taught to scream in a stranger danger situation.
route66paul over 11 years ago
The first sentence I heard my grandson speak was, “I am NOT a dog!”. Spoken while mom was putting on his harness at the zoo. He really hated that thing.
Jadearon over 11 years ago
Damn good way my mom always took to finding me in a store if I wandered off? Screaming/yelling my WHOLE name at the top of her lungs. If I wasn’t at her side in seconds, I was regretting it the rest of the day. Hearing your first, middle, and last name being said by your mother is CLASSIC warning for “You are in SO much trouble.” :D
route66paul over 11 years ago
This is when the child goes up to an employee and telling him/her that her mom is lost.
tinsleyrc over 11 years ago
When I worked at Lowes we had what was called a Code Adam. It meant that there was a child missing in the store. employees closest to the exits were to cover them to make sure the kid did not wander out, or some one other than the parent take a child out of the store. We only had one code Adam while I worked there. I found the kid wondering around the tool department. When his Mom came for him, I had never seen an expression like that on a woman’s face. A combination of relief and “I’m going to kill him!” at the same time.
Sojourner over 11 years ago
Whoa, people are being a bit harsh on Ellie here! Almost every mother has experienced losing sight of their child for a short time and felt that cold pit of fear in their stomach as panic started setting in. There’s been a few occasions in my life where I was shopping and felt a little hand slip into mine or take a hold of my pant leg; when I looked down there was a toddler looking up at me with wide eyes that said, “I thought you were my mother, but you’re NOT!” Then their mom would appear, both hugely relieved their little one was OK and upset that she hadn’t realized her precious child wasn’t right beside or following her, if even only for a few minutes. It used to be that while shopping in most any store on any given day you’d hear an announcement about a child whose mother was “lost” and would she come up to the service desk so their child could claim her. I’ve also escorted a number of frightened children, wailing because they can’t find their mother, to the service desk. It has only been during the past couple of decades that losing track of your child could put them at risk for abduction and the horrors that could bring. It saddens me that the days of (comparative) innocence when every family member, friends, and neighbors watched over the local children as they played as if they were their own. Yes, bad things happened to children back then too, but it certainly seems to me that child abductions have increased over the years and too often it’s by somebody known to the child and their parents. :-/
Llywus over 11 years ago
When I was a child, maybe 6, my mother took me and my two younger brothers to the State Fair. She had the youngest in the stroller and myself and the middle brother attached to the stroller via leashes and dog harness’. This was the mid 60’s and she was lambasted by the men and older folks, called a terrible mother. Yet she was praised by other young mothers. Within a few years the fairgrounds was renting strollers with harness attached.
newworldmozart over 11 years ago
When my son was 7-8 years old he was always wandering away from me in the store. We happen to live a a really small town and the chance of him being snatched there is still really slim. Anyway he decided to walk away at the store where I actually work, So I went around the corner to watch him, to see him panic and maybe learn a lesson. He started calling my name and walking around calling. A co-worker came up to him and asked if he lost his mommy. His response?: ‘Oh, she’s around here somewhere.’ Don’t know who or if there was a lesson learned, but the co-worker got a laugh.
hippogriff over 11 years ago
Llywus: And mom can ride of the back, saying, “Mush, mush!”
lily245pj over 11 years ago
As all Mothers would be. Their child missing is like the end of the world.
USN1977 over 11 years ago
Gosh Elly, let us take a look. Considering all the times you:*Shouted at John for simple jokes and rudely referred to your own husband as “Patterson”.*Shouted at Michael for a messy room.*Screeched at Elizabeth for not doing a chore.*Ranted at the entire family.*Yelled at Farley.*Hated the fact that Michael did things you disapproved of, namely playing video games, even going so far to throw his Nintendo across the living room.Given all those, only NOW are we supposed to think you are hysterical??
transylvanian over 11 years ago
AC 119 Operates Toronto ON (YYZ) to Calgary AB (YYC) So we still don’t know which province they’re from. :(
USN1977 over 11 years ago
In an interview, Lynn’s son said that after his true father, just like Obama’s dad, ran away from his responsibilities and left Lynn by herself, that Lynn became very overprotective of him and blaming herself. The son said that if he should happen to stub his toe, she would cry. Things got somewhat more stable after Lynn’s second marriage, but she behaved that way to a lesser extent with his half-sister. As such, it is safe to say both Elly and Connie are based on Lynn Johnston.