Lindbergh Kidnapping crimes happen all the time. But when it happens to young children who have no means of defending themselves and who have not lived their lives to the fullest, it becomes something else entirely. Children are innocent and no one ever wants to see them hurt. That's why it came as such a shock when the crime of the century was the kidnapping and murder of an infant. Lindbergh's kidnapping shocked Americans around the world and made them aware of the possible dangers of celebrities having famous children, even before they were famous. were born thanks to their parents. This has influenced the way parents choose to raise their children, especially famous children. This is what happened to the famous aviator and his wife's 20-month-old baby. Charles Lindbergh was the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean by himself, which is why everyone loved him. When he and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh had their firstborn, everyone loved him even before he was born. On June 22, 1930, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. was born. From the start, the media wanted to know everything about him; they called him “The Eaglet”. He received this name because the media had already given Mr. Lindbergh the nickname "The Lone Eagle", because he was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean alone. Two months before the actual kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Jr.' The child's father actually played a prank at home by pretending the baby had been kidnapped. Because he was everyone's sweetheart, the press was all over the family to get the new photos. That's why the already famous husband and wife took their now famous child and moved into another house. They were trying to escape the spotlight by building a 20 room house in an exclusive location... middle of paper... and since the killer was a German, they wanted to see him dead. the time came to be just a horrible mix, everyone was scared and very emotional. It also made everyone aware of the danger of leaving children unattended at any time, especially when you consider that they put baby Lindbergh on a pedestal, and he was still kidnapped and killed. They couldn't help but be terrified of what might happen to their children who weren't even close to being as lucky as Charles Jr. Works quoted: ("The Flight of the Eaglet" ) http://www.crimelibrary.com /notorious_murders/famous/lindbergh/index_1.html (“PBS”) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/sfeature/crime.html Works Cited: ( “The Flight of the Eaglet”) http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/lindbergh/index_1.html (“PBS”)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/sfeature /crime.html