Babywearing in Danger

The times we live in, the times we live in...

What has the world come to when the local babywearing group discussion is about what's the best way to protect your baby if you're wearing them during a terrorist attack - front carry or back carry?  Back carry you can run faster, front carry you can use your arms to protect the baby.  Back carry and the child is protected from a frontal assault; front carry and the child isn't stabbed when the attacker comes from behind.  But what if it's not a knife attack, and instead it's a car attack?  Is a stroller better for that?  Are we putting the kids in danger by wearing them, or are we protecting them as best as possible?

My own children are beyond the stage of being worn, but now I walk around town pushing the heavy double stroller loaded with 35kg of children, plus the weight of the stroller itself.  I'm not going to lie, the two-and-a-half hours I spend pushing the stroller every day definitely has me worried.  Could I get the kids out of harm's way quickly enough?  Am I strong enough and fast enough to push them to safety?  Would I have the presence of mind to make the right decision about how to react and to where to run?

Have I gotten my life in order?

It's sad and distressing and pathetic that as I walk Child #1 to school in the morning I worry that I haven't written a will.  And while walking Child #2 to daycare I debate if we can fit life insurance into our tight monthly budget.  And then when I return home to work for my few precious morning hours without the kids, I suddenly feel guilty that my mind was preoccupied with those things and I wasn't being aware of my surroundings.

I'm scared to check the news.  Every time I check there was this successful attack, this thwarted attempt; this road closed or that company of reservists called to duty.  Parents demanding extra security around the schools, while other parents say a security guard would just be an extra person who could be stabbed and killed.

Ad matai?  Until when?