Parental fears come to life
/Based on surveys collected by Christie Barnes, mother of four and author of The Paranoid Parents Guide, the top five worries of parents are, in order:
- Kidnapping
- School snipers
- Terrorists
- Dangerous strangers
- Drugs
But how do children really get hurt or killed?
- Car accidents
- Homicide
- Abuse
- Suicide
- Drowning
My top five worries are:
- Choking on food
- Drowning
- Falling a height that exceeds my daughter’s height
- Discovery of a previously undetected but serious illness
- Car accident
Of course, now that we’ve discovered that my daughter is allergic to peanuts, that may knock something off the list soon.