Katy Perry recently stated in Vanity Fair that her strict upbringing
"stole her childhood". Miss Perry, known for her pop song "I Kissed a
Girl" and her recent marriage to British comedian Russell Brand, said
that her strict Christian parents prevented her from "growing up like
most kids".
I wonder, does Miss Perry think the world was safe back in 1991 when she started to attend first grade? In 2001 in the United States, 74% of non-family child abductions were girls and almost ¾ of the abducted children who were eventually murdered were dead within three hours of their abduction. Now granted, this is ten years later, but the truth is that the 1990's were not that much safer than 2001. In 1998, three quarters of parents polled said they worried that their child would be abducted. And one third of them said that it was a frequent worry.
I wonder, does Miss Perry think the world was safe back in 1991 when she started to attend first grade? In 2001 in the United States, 74% of non-family child abductions were girls and almost ¾ of the abducted children who were eventually murdered were dead within three hours of their abduction. Now granted, this is ten years later, but the truth is that the 1990's were not that much safer than 2001. In 1998, three quarters of parents polled said they worried that their child would be abducted. And one third of them said that it was a frequent worry.
