CHILD ABDUCTION
 

Safety Tips to Help Prevent Child Abduction

The following tips tell you how to keep your children safer:

Following are some suggestions to help parents deal with such issues:

• Instruct your children never answer the door when they are alone or to say that they are alone on the phone.
• The children must not invite anyone to the house without express permission asked beforehand.
• Children must not enter anyone's homes, cars or premises without permission of a parent or caretaker.
• Child molesters and abductors usually look like everyday people. Tell your kids not to talk to adults they do not know.
• Children must not accept gifts or candies from strangers before asking a parent or caretaker.
• Frequently, abductors will befriend a child by asking for help. Some examples are: Asking to help find a lost pet; asking directions to someone's house; offering reward money for assistance; saying Mom or Dad have been hurt or need their help; acting like an undercover police officer (children should only approach uniformed police officers, and/or marked police cars).
• Make sure that you tell your child to immediately inform you if a stranger is trying to be friendly with them or is constantly looking at them or following them.
• Tell your children that no one should touch them at places which a bathing suit would cover. If anyone exposes private parts to the child, he/she must tell you, school authority or nearby policeman immediately.
• Don't let your young child stay alone outside doing activities like bicycle ride or strolling in the park where you cannot keep an eye on him/her. Instruct them not to wander off, to avoid lonely places, and not to take shortcuts through alleys or deserted areas.
• Teach your children their full names, your full name, address, and telephone number. Teach them how to reach either you or a trusted adult and how
  to call for police assistance.
• Always accompany your child on door-to-door activities such as Halloween,
  school fund raising campaigns, etc.
• Teach your children to scream, run away and tell you or a trusted adult if anyone attempts to touch or grab them.
• Children should never approach a vehicle unless they are positively sure they know the occupants. Abductors lure children to walk near their vehicles and then pull them inside.
• Don't leave your child unattended in a shopping mall or in a vehicle.

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