Just that really,
and how do you make sure they're okay? Do you give them a phone? An air tag? A prayer?
But asking for a rather more dramatic reason in that my child went for a wander earlier today because he "wanted to get some sunshine". He's usually so anxious not to be away from us that he doesn't even like going into a different room by himself so my immediate thought was that he'd been kidnapped 🙈 Thankfully, we found him round the corner. But it was the scariest few minutes of my life.
It did get me thinking - he seemed to really enjoy the freedom, quite a sudden and dramatic step but obviously at some point his need for it will become more persistent. At his age we were playing out by ourselves but it was a completely different time. How can I give it to him in this day and age without thinking about child traffickers the whole time ?
I can't ask my parents for help on this one - they still worry silly about us 🤦♀️. As a child it really annoyed me that they wanted constant reassurance I was okay, but I get it now!