Replies to '03/14 Overprotective Moms'

MY DAUGHTER IS ONLY 18 MONTHS OLD, BUT I ALREADY WORRY ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HER WHEN SHE GETS OLDER!!  I AM ONLY 22 YEARS OLD, BUT EVEN WHEN I WAS GROWING UP MY PARENTS WOULD LET US GO TO THE PARK OF TO FRIENDS HOUSES AT LIKE 5 YEARS OLD AND GRANTED WE DID LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN SO IT WAS LESS LIKELY THAT SOMETHING WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN, BUT IT STILL COULD HAVE!!  I WATCHED TODAY'S SHOW ABOUT OVERPROTECTIVE MOTHERS AND I FEEL THAT WHEN MY DAUGHTER GETS OLDER I WILL BE LIKE THE MOTHER'S ON TODAYS SHOW!  HOW CAN I STOP WHAT I THINK WILL BE ENEVITABLE BEFORE IT EVEN BEGINS???  WHEN WE GO TO THE STORE I AM ALWAYS SO WORRIED THAT IF I TURN MY BACK TO THE STROLLER OR THE CART THAT SOMEONE WILL JUST COME AND GRAB HER AND RUN AWAY WITH HER.  SHE SLEEPS IN THE OTHER ROOM AND I ALWAYS GET UP AND CHECK UP ON HER TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE DIDN'T BREAK IN THRU THE WINDOW AND KIDNAP HER TO SELL HER ON THE BALCK MARKET!!  I DREAM ABOUT THINGS HAPPING TO MY HUSBAND AND MY DAUGHTER AND THEN IN MY DREAM IT IS ALL UP TO ME TO SAVE THEM.   I AM WORRIED ABOUT GERMS AND MY DAUGHTER GETTING SICK.  I GET UP SOME MORNINGS AND DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO OUTSIDE FOR THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.  I DON'T WANT MY DAUGHTER TO GROW UP THINKING THAT HER MOM NEEDS PSYCIATRIC HELP!!!  I JUST WANT TOT KNOW IF THERE IS OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT GO THRU THE SAME THINGS I DO!!  I AM WORRIED ABOUT MY DAUGHTER CATCHING AN STD AND HER GETTING PREGNANT AT 15, HER BEING RAPED AND KILLED.  OR EVEN JUST GOING ON A VACATION AND BEING STOLEN!!