[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Sliver

OMFG. If I turn my phone off and the alarm at my business goes off, there is nobody else to call. I'm it. That's small business ownership. If my mom - who is in her 70s and lives alone - needs help, I'm it. That's being her only living kid and her only family member in Calgary.

As for my daughter, I don't want to put her business up on CP for all to read, but you can't just take a tough love approach with an anxious kid and say, "the world's a tough place, honey. abductions, fires, murders...suck it up." It's much more complicated and there is a perpetually elusive balance we try to find of not insulating her too much from the world while trying to protect her from things that needlessly amp up her anxiety. There is no upside to her receiving Amber Alerts on her phone, but there is a tangible downside.

Pft. Your real life situations don’t change the fact that you can’t question the Amber Alerts. Ever!