Full Childrens names on the internet

Dawn - posted on 08/29/2009

Cause my husband is now working at the local prison we got a second dog. A HUGH german shepard that isn't even a year old yet. He has heard storys of friends/gangs of inmates going after the correctional officer's family. At lease we live in a neighborhood of corr. officers and police officers including the cheif. Plus a few busy buddys that wants to know everyones business. We also, when the kids are playing outside in the front, have reg construction cones that we put out for folks to slow down. No kids at play signs. No stickers. We do have the stickers from the fire dept incase there was a fire then they know what rooms the kids are in. We also double lock the windows and have latches on the doors that can only be open from the inside.

Sharon - posted on 08/28/2009

yeah I have Jean sometimes with names and even the pet symbols with their names.

I used to think those were so cute.

. - posted on 08/28/2009

I think in some countries you do need to be more security conscious.

When mail arrives in our letter box, if our name and address is written on the envelope I make sure I scribble it out so that no one can know my address or name due to the amount of fraud that happens.



I'm fine with "baby on board signs".



But if we have brought expensive electronics then we usually keep our boxes rather then displaying the empty boxes come kirb side recyling day



Have never come across pictures of families on vehicles?

DAWN - posted on 08/18/2009

I removed my kids pics and only put our partial names. way to many psychos out there. I am changing my own pic as well on the advice of my lawyer ( issues with my ex)

Kylie - posted on 08/18/2009

haha Duece is gorgeous..
I have a baby on board sign on the back window of my car, i want people to know i have my children in the car so they take more care on the road, not tailgate me etc. I'm far more worried about road safety than some abductor seeing the sign and following me to take my kids.

Jenny - posted on 08/18/2009

Thank you, that's my boy Duece Bigalo. 80 pounds of joy.

Mary - posted on 08/18/2009

Quoting Jenny:

This is what greets you on the other side of my door. I sleep very soundly at night.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y271/je...

Off topic, but gorgeous dog!

Yeah, I do sleep a bit better Knowing that my two bozos would be barking their heads of the second someone got even close to our house (although then I worry about THEIR safety, lol!)

Jenny - posted on 08/18/2009

This is what greets you on the other side of my door. I sleep very soundly at night.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y271/je...

Esther - posted on 08/18/2009

I guess Lucas is on every perverts hit list now. I don't hide anything. I know there are crazy people out there but I just can't live my life worrying about it.

Kylie - posted on 08/17/2009

I don't think me having my children's full name on the internet is going to make them any more of a target for child abduction....i have home security.. TBH I've never thought about some sicko getting our address and breaking into my our home to take the kids because they've seen their pics online. thats scary..:(

Krista - posted on 08/17/2009

Weird...I've never heard of or seen family stickers for cars or signs in front yards to advertise kids! I would also have never thought twice about being careful about "baby trash" on the street to advertise that we have a baby. Cohen's exersaucer is right in the front window, so I think it's pretty obvious that we have a baby. I live in a fairly small city and in a nice neighborhood (I know, that doesn't always mean much), but I think that I am cautious without being overly paranoid.

Sharon - posted on 08/17/2009

Oh lucky you Joy! I grew up on military installations. you're right they're like a fortress.



Why can't local governments take care of their towns the way the military takes care of its own?

JL - posted on 08/17/2009

I live on a military installation. I always choose to live on the military installation rather than live off in the civilian world and the main reason is safety. Living on a military installation is like living in a secured fortress ...NO JOKE. If a kid happens to be reported missing within minutes every gate is shut down...(in order to come onto a military installion you must drive through an armed gate where they check IDs and if you are a civilian without a special work pass they will check your car) . The military police will block off the roads and neighborhoods in which the child was last seen and crap loads of MPs come out in force searching the areas and every car that drives by.



In the military we don't play around when it comes to the safety of the soldiers and their families. Even on Halloween once trick or treating starts no one is allowed to drive in or out of the neighborhoods. They are shut down until trick or treating ends and MP's are out everywhere on bicycles keeping the kids safe. Every morning the roads from the neighborhoods that are in proximity to the schools are blocked off from the main roads so the kids walking to school don't have to worry about a load of cars driving on the roads and MP's are placed at different points to watch out for the kids.



Now I don't put stickers on my car because my husband does not like to have them on our bumpers. He thinks they are tacky.

Sapphire - posted on 08/17/2009

I don't even think I have a profile that advertises my kid's name. I also dislike the family stickers that reveal too much information. But I will say I am equally as guilty of advertising myself because I have a vanity license plate. And even worse, it is my NJ vanity plate on the front of my car, and my legally registered normal AZ plate on the back. EVERYONE in town knows my car-may not know me or my family..but they know my NJ plate says BRAT on it.



I agree that parents are sometimes too eager to put out full disclosure of names in the local papers and contest winners, trophies, etc. I have to be careful when submitting names of my students too.

Sharon - posted on 08/17/2009

omg I know Lindsay! At least three baby abductions in the last couple of months because of the mom/family advertising the baby or pregnancy. Flacking sad ain't it?



Watching out for my kids is the same as watching where I step when I'm hiking in the desert.

Lindsay - posted on 08/17/2009

Well my kids first names are on here but they have a different last name than me and I'm not telling it! =) Honestly, I'm more concerned with the stickers on the car with the family names or the school and activities they attend. Personally, I find sticker to be tacky on my cars so even if I thought it was perfectly safe, they wouldn't be on my car. I guess I didn't think a whole lot about all of this until I was in the hospital when Madeline was born. They told us to not have any "It's a Girl!" signs or balloons visible to the street and to be careful throwing the boxes away from the crib, pack n play, swings, etc., and to make sure they weren't visible so to now alert anyone that their was a new baby. It really made me paranoid for a while but you learn to live your life and be cautious of what's around you. Ok....done rambling....=)

Sharon - posted on 08/17/2009

Um if you guys knew just how far I go, lol

clues

Limo tint all the way around on my truck.

There aren't any bumper stickers on my truck, my kids are on the honor roll but we put those on a bulletin board in my house so my visiting friends & family can see.

We have pet stickers on our windows for the firemen but none on our childrens windows. Instead we took a trip to the firestation and we talk to them when they come out to pick up rattlesnakes.



If my husband had his way he'd board up their windows and sink their rooms below ground.



When we travel the kids don't have cutsey kids luggage for the planes, gray & black with initials only. Nothing that marks their things as for children.



And weirdly - I don't live in fear. I just don't believe in advertising my kids. And even more weird is the two boys have been in the paper a couple of times, my oldest has been in the paper 3 times and when the paper called to ask for a release I asked them use his nickname and not his full name.

Sharon - posted on 08/17/2009

hahaha Jenn - yeah - famous & semi famous you gotta live with your names being out there.

~Jennifer - posted on 08/17/2009

Quoting Sharon:

Quoting Jenn:

Well, if people can see my last name- they know my children's last name.
(and your full name also comes up in notifications from facebook when you post on COM)

Ah but do they?  lol

let me add as well....

I guess the reason that it doesn't worry me as much is that when my kids were born, they were announced on 3 (that I know of) different pro-wrestling websites, because of their Grandfather's history in the business. If you search my son's name, you come up with the articles about his Grandfather.

So........ maybe i'm not the best one to answer that question, as there's already quite a few people that know who my children are, who their GF is, who their family is, etc.  I guess i'm already broken in.

Konda - posted on 08/17/2009

I guess I am torn on this issue, I have my kids full names on here, but the only people that can view my profile are my friends.



This is kind of off topic, but I have thought a lot about such things, like the signs people around here put in their yard, "my child is an honor student...football player....cheerleader....band student at Whatever Jr High School", also the cute little stickers of 'family' that people put on their vehicles, with the names of each family member including mom and dad and all the kids and pets. For me those type things are even more dangerous than the Internet. I mean you are telling WHOEVER where your child goes to school and what he/she participates in after school. And with the stickers, you are giving strangers your entire family's names. I did have just the stickers, no names, especially not mine and hubby's.........I mean how often do you hear of a pedophile using the "friend of your mom/dad" to get a child....so you are giving them all the info they need.



So that is my take on both the Internet and other junk...sorry I got off topic.

Sharon - posted on 08/17/2009

Quoting Jenn:

Well, if people can see my last name- they know my children's last name.
(and your full name also comes up in notifications from facebook when you post on COM)

Ah but do they?  lol

~Jennifer - posted on 08/17/2009

Well, if people can see my last name- they know my children's last name.

(and your full name also comes up in notifications from facebook when you post on COM)