Oklahoma is in the top 30 safest states for kids

[Townsend]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23697255/?pg=12#TDY_10SafestStates

So we've got that.

[YoungTulsan]

quote:Originally posted by Townsend

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23697255/?pg=12#TDY_10SafestStates

So we've got that.

LOL, top 30 out of 50?  So we're in the bottom 21?

I know it is bad to be a "glass is half empty" kind of person, but in this instance, the glass is mostly empty.  That is pure spin to call it top 30, when the list is out of 50 states.

[rwarn17588]

Or you can, as I did, look at it as a middling ranking.

Yawn.

[NellieBly]

Tell that to the mother of the 5-year old snatched out of her yard or to the mother the 13 year old stabbed on her own front porch.

[hoodlum]

nellie bly those things happen in every state in the union. more than others which is why we rank where we rank.

[PonderInc]

Given that we always rank so high in teen pregnancy and child abuse, I wonder what "safe" means in this context?

[jne]

quote:Originally posted by PonderInc

Given that we always rank so high in teen pregnancy and child abuse, I wonder what "safe" means in this context?

My thoughts exactly

[cannon_fodder]

We are in the top 45 for total income!

[Wrinkle]

Say, "top 30" when you can't even claim "upper half".

[jne]

Interesting:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080403_1_A11_spanc44663

[TheArtist]

I suppose they are ranking different statistics but usuing the same "safety" moniker.  One seems to mean safety as in, being shot, kidnapped, that sort of thing.  The other in infant mortality, child abuse, neglect, etc. You could also do a statistic on safety as in, accidents at home, car safety accedents, bikes, parks, school.  Regardless we aren't doing well on either.