I promise to do my best..

Having been a scout, I couldn't help but read the story on the kid that got lost in Utah. I had one of those "I want to beat my head on my desk" moments when I read this:

The boy said he kept two thoughts in mind, both of them instructions from his parents: Never leave a trail and never talk to strangers. So, when people on horseback appeared on his trail Tuesday, Brennan pulled off the path and out of view until they passed.

"He had in his mind two things to do and that was to stay on the trail and to not talk to strangers and he did that for as long as his little body would possibly let him do that," his mother, Jody Hawkins, said in an interview with CBS' "The Early Show" to be broadcast Thursday.

A little common sense goes a long way.

Not much has really changed in society since I was in scouts in the 70's. At least not as far as crime against children goes. I used to talk to strangers all the time. It was fun. Now the media has people so paranoid that some kid who is lost, hides from would-be rescuers.

It just boggles the mind..