I received this and thuoght it worth sharing:
A close friend had a very upsetting incident at Ocean Park Friday afternoon inwhich two chinese women tried to abduct her child as she
was clipping her baby into the stroller. She says her son (just
under 3 yrs old) was not more than 4 ft from her when these women
seemed very friendly and were making a fuss over her son, one of
them picked him up and within about 10 seconds she couldn't see
them. She heard her son crying as they were running/walking fast off
with him. A passer by was alarmed and tried to stop the women, they
let go of the boy and ran off. This passer by said they had put a
hat/scarf on him to cover him up. When my friend talked to security,
their first words were 'not again' - at which my friend got understandably very angry with them. Ocean Park staff said they didn't want any 'fuss' and tried to play it down, so she called the
police and they have formally lodged it as an attempted child
abduction. A friendly security guard at Ocean Park said this was the
second time in 3 weeks - both non-chinese toddlers targeted. She is
going to talk to Sunshine House tomorrow, where her son goes, to put a notice up and warn as many parents as possible.She is also going to talk to the Editor of Playtimes. I have to say I was going to
send my 2yr old with my 4yr old and my helper to Ocean Park next
week and have obviously changed my mind.
Please let anyone with toddlers know.