No Amber Alert Today….. We see a lot of wonderful things at the Arizonans for Children Visitation Centers and quite a bit of heartbreaking things as well. Today was devastatingly heartbreaking. A mom tried to kidnap her children from the center. We don’t know what brought this family to our center or what circumstances made her feel this was her only option but today those kids suffered due to her actions. Fortunately for everyone involved the kids are safe. They are safe thanks to the parent aid that called for security as she continued to try to de-escalate, Phoenix Fire who just happened to be driving by and witnessed everything, volunteers that helped whisk the kids to safety and our security guard that restrained the mother until Phoenix Police arrived. I went to talk to the kids to see how they were after all emergency services left and the first thing the youngest said to me was “I’m sorry my mom hit you.” These kids have scrapes, bru...
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