Topic : 11/17 The Search for Natalee and Amy

I hope you don't act on your statement that you won't allow your children to travel.  At some point they will travel without sitting in Mom's lap.  If they are completely inexperienced when that happens, they will be very vulnerable. Supervised group trips are one of the best ways to prepare them safely for that transition.   

I just want to make clear that here in Auba we can't make our laws all by ourselves because we are part of the Dutch kingdom. Holland, The Antilles and Aruba are equal partners and therefor they work together. So if our laws are the way they are, it's not because we did it on purpose to not solve the case. Let's get some things straight: We as the citizen's of Aruba did all we could to help find Natalee. We all felt horrible thinking what could have happened to her and how it would be if someone we cared about disappeared in a foreign country. I don't think it's a good idea to start being rude/mean towards Americans but you have to understand that we get mad thinking that our income is in your hands and you will use that to try to destroy us. Did we all go to Carlos'n Charlies with Natalee? Did we all step into a car with her? Do we all know what happened to her? Don't think so. 

We want this case solved as much as you do. We will be the same nice and friendly hosts we are known for and we'll prove to all that come to visit our island that we're good and caring people.  

Hi, 

Dr. Phil, I appreciate your pursuing a topic that will help others! 

1.  On the show, the men were looking for a blonde, but they also said Natalaie's hair was dyed, so they shouldn't look for a blonde but keep looking the same, otherwise. 

2.   Perhaps Amy Bradley's parents were meant to help many other families. 

Thank you so much for your show! 

I feel such sorrow for both the Holloway and the Bradley family.  I am asking all christians to pray for these families and the families of all the victims that fall prey to the sex trade.  Pray for God to stop this perversion.  Listening to the show today, I cried and prayed for God to let these families find peace with their terrible situations and for God to lead these young women home.  God does answer prayers. 

Wendy Ritchie 

WOW!  There is still hope for Natalee.  I had not ever heard the story of Amy Bradley though.  I can't do anything to actually help the cases, but I do have prayer.  Natalee, Amy, other missing kidnapped children are in my prayers.  I have started a chain mail that I hope can make a difference in the continued effort to boycott Aruba travels.  It may or may not make a difference, but its the least I can do.  For the men who are actually going over there and looking for these girls, who have laid their lives on the line by going undercover, my heart and prayers are with all of you as well.  I hope you can find all the missing children that you can.   

I think that everyone's reaction to a story like this is to villianize the place where it happened.  It is much easier to imagine that it was just the location that put these children at risk.  Otherwise we would have to face the fact that are children are all at risk. 

Obviously Aruba is a safe place. Millions of people visit your land every year and there isn't a constant stream of cases like this. The sad fact is that there are horrible people who prey on children everywhere. Children living in the US and Canada have been grabbed out of their beds or from their back yards.  There really is nowhere that we can just let our guard down and know our children are safe.   

We all need to keep our children safe by preparing them for life.  Every child needs to know not to go with strangers.  I teach my children to stay in areas where there are other people and to scream, yell, kick and fight if someone tries to move them from the first contact scene to another place.  Even if they are being threatened with violence. I even tested them a few times about what to do if someone asked for help finding a lost pup or something. But even a well prepared child can be lost-there are very skilled manipulators at work.   

All we can do is keep our eyes and ears open for anything suspicious. If everyone is alert and willing to walk up to a situation and ask about what is going on, children would be much safer.