Missing Children Blog

For parents, there are few greater fears than the one that their child may go missing. When a child is missing, it affects the entire community, and it is essential to get the word out as soon as possible. Community awareness has been shown to help locate missing children quickly so that they can be recovered safely. Therefore, it is important for every community to establish standards for locating missing children.

One way that communities can help find missing children is to post any important information through an alert system. Ideally, this will be Continue reading →

Unfortunately, child abduction, molestation and other crisis’ are things that can not be 100% prevented. However, by working together as a family and alerting your children of the dangers that are out there, you can be helping to eliminate this possible danger happening to your children at some point in their young lives. Because children look up to their parents and those around them, educating them about these issues is best done from home. By simply taking these steps, you are Continue reading →

As a parent, your number one priority is the safety of your children. That’s why it’s important for you take as many precautionary measures as necessary to keep your kids safe and sound.

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Besides making sure your kids are safe at home, it’s important to educate your children – especially young ones – about how to act when a stranger approaches. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) advises parents to use the “No, Go, Tell” plan when instructing their son or daughter about strangers. If approached by an unfamiliar person, children should:

No: Yell “No!” to alert anyone in close proximity that something is amiss.

Go: Run as far away from the stranger toward either home or the nearest trusted adult.

Tell: Tell the person they run to what just happened.

When a crisis occurs, the first thought in most people’s mind is to freak out. When a parent freaks out, this sets the precedence of how the children will react. Parents should always keep calm during a crisis so that you are role models for how your children will act in all cases. One way to help children work together is to practice situations. When you prepare for different emergencies, you are able to drill what they should do in their minds. There are many organizations that use this technique.Never Continue reading →

Awareness: It is important for children to always have an accurate sense as to where they are. If you constantly talk to children about street names and landmarks it can help build context so they can relate where they are more accurately.

Be proactive: If you are not comfortable with having your child go someplace or do something, do not allow it. Always reinforce the habit of not allowing your child to travel alone. Also, if they know a relative lives nearby this could provide them a place to escape to.

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Coming together as a family and talking about criminals and potential dangers in the neighborhood is very important. No matter where you live, you can never be too careful about the dangers around the area. Child abductions are one of the scariest things that children and families could have to go through. By taking the right steps and preparing for the possibility, it can actually reduce the risk of something happening to your family.

Sit down as a family and educate your children about criminals out there that prey on little children. While Continue reading →

Keeping our kids safe today in such an unsafe world takes a great amount of effort. Parents, schools, law enforcement, neighbors and caregivers must all work together ensure that our children are safe today.

Teaching our children how to be safe is so important today. It is essential to the type of relationship with your child that is open and honest. Your kids need to know that they can communicate with you about anything and everything. It’s your job as a parent to make your home be a place Continue reading →

Child abductions are most common near schools, due to the fact that there are lots of kids. It’s easier to try abduct a child when there is a lot of children coming and going. There are some precautions that schools and families can take in order to prevent a child abduction near their school.

*Educate the children as soon as they start school about stranger danger. Schools, and parents can start this as early as the child starts to talk. This type of prevention is one of the best.
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Child abductions can be very dangerous if your community doesn’t know how to deal with them correctly. Unfortunately, there are many people in the world who find pleasure in abducting children or simply trying to make them their own children. By working together as a community, you can find ways to help prevent against child abductions in your area.

Set up a community meeting where you will address the subject of child abductions. Let everyone know that they should be on the lookout for any strange behavior and suspicious Continue reading →

Every parent wants their child to grow up in a safe community, neighborhood or town. We want our children to feel free to play, learn and socialize in a safe environment. We want them to be happy and well adjusted. Unfortunately we must educate children about dangers they may encounter in their lives. Child predators can appear in the very best of neighborhoods. Parents must talk with their child about being safe around strangers. While we don’t want to make children to feel all strangers are bad, we must teach them to Continue reading →