Understanding Child Safety

Understanding Child Safety

What sort of dangers do children face today?

What sort of dangers do children face today?

What is the biggest myth about child abduction?

What is the biggest myth about child abduction?

When should parents be discussing safety issues with their children?

When should parents be discussing safety issues with their children?

What might surprise parents about child abduction?

What might surprise parents about child abduction?

Is it alright to drop children off at the mall or the movies by themselves?

Is it alright to drop children off at the mall or the movies by themselves?

Can parents assume children are safe while using a computer in their bedroom?

Can parents assume children are safe while using a computer in their bedroom?

Is there anything parents can do to check out the people who are supervising their child?

Is there anything parents can do to check out the people who are supervising their child?

Is there a central database of registered sex offenders?

Is there a central database of registered sex offenders?

Is there a typical profile of an abductor or molester?

Is there a typical profile of an abductor or molester?

Who's more at risk: younger children or older children?

Who's more at risk: younger children or older children?

What are the most important things parents should tell a child about safety issues?

What are the most important things parents should tell a child about safety issues?

How can parents discuss child safety with their children?

How can parents discuss child safety with their children?

How can parents contact NCMEC and what are some other resources they can use?

How can parents contact NCMEC and what are some other resources they can use?

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Child Safety - Preventing Attempted Abductions

Child Safety - Summer Vacation Tips

Child Safety - Summer Vacation Tips

Child Safety in Schools

Child Safety in Schools

Child Safety Tips for Halloween

Child Safety Tips for Halloween

Child Safety Tips for Holiday Shopping

Child Safety Tips for Holiday Shopping

Child Safety on Airplanes

Child Safety on Airplanes

Child Safety on the Internet

Child Safety on the Internet

Child Safety - Forms of Child Identification

Child Safety - Forms of Child Identification

Understanding Child Safety

Understanding Child Safety

Halloween Child Safety Tips

Halloween Child Safety Tips

Keeping Children Safe During Summer Break

Keeping Children Safe During Summer Break

7 Ways To Keep Your Child Safe

7 Ways To Keep Your Child Safe

Understanding The Importance Of A Child Safety Seat

Understanding The Importance Of A Child Safety Seat

Rear-Facing Car Seat Facts

Rear-Facing Car Seat Facts

Forward-Facing Car Seat Facts

Forward-Facing Car Seat Facts

Booster Car Seat Facts

Booster Car Seat Facts

Seat Belt Safety Facts

Seat Belt Safety Facts

Understanding the Importance of Bike Safety

Understanding the Importance of Bike Safety

Share the Road to Prevent Accidents

Share the Road to Prevent Accidents

Bike Safety Tips For Adults

Bike Safety Tips For Adults

Creating a Bicycle Friendly America

Creating a Bicycle Friendly America

Be A Bike Safety Role Model

Be A Bike Safety Role Model

The HypnoBirthing Method

The HypnoBirthing Method

How to Create a Baby Registry

How to Create a Baby Registry

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Nancy McBride

National Safety Director, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

www.missingkids.com  

1-800-THE-LOST

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them.

NCMEC was established in 1984 as a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization to provide services nationwide for families and professionals in the prevention of abducted, endangered, and sexually exploited children. Pursuant to its mission and its congressional mandates (see 42 U.S.C. §§ 5771 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. § 11606; 22 C.F.R. § 94.6),

The NCMEC serves as a clearinghouse of information about missing and exploited children, operates a CyberTipline that the public may use to report Internet-related child sexual exploitation, provides technical assistance to individuals and law-enforcement agencies in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and treatment of cases involving missing and exploited children, assists the U.S. Department of State in certain cases of international child abduction in accordance with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, offers training programs to law-enforcement and social-service professionals, distributes photographs and descriptions of missing children worldwide, coordinates child-protection efforts with the private sector, networks with nonprofit service providers and state clearinghouses about missing-persons cases and provides information about effective state legislation to help ensure the protection of children.

How can parents discuss child safety with their children?

Host: How can parents discuss child safety with their children?

Nancy McBride: The advice I have for parents or guardians who wants to sit down with their kids and discuss child safety is to do so in a very calm and reassuring way. Sit down with your kids reassure them that you are there for them, no matter what happens, they can always come to you and talk to you about anything and never use fear as a motivational or teaching tool. Kids live in the world, they know it is a scary place, they hear people talking, they might see the news, they may even know about an event that happened in your community concerning another child.

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Host: How can parents discuss child safety with their children?

Nancy McBride: The advice I have for parents or guardians who wants to sit down with their kids and discuss child safety is to do so in a very calm and reassuring way. Sit down with your kids reassure them that you are there for them, no matter what happens, they can always come to you and talk to you about anything and never use fear as a motivational or teaching tool. Kids live in the world, they know it is a scary place, they hear people talking, they might see the news, they may even know about an event that happened in your community concerning another child. Listen to your kids if they ask you questions about that event or about that child, be as open as you can depending on their age and developmental level, but remember not to be graphic, do not frighten them more because they are already scared.

So, our job as the adults in a Child s life is to assure them that we will be there for them to help keep them safer. Once you have done that, take an opportunity to practice what you teach with your kids, setup some What If scenarios such as What if somebody came up to you and said will you help you me find my puppy, what if somebody was in a car and they stopped and asked you to come closer because they need a direction somewhere. See how your kids will to respond to these real life situations. So, that you as parent or guardian can be assured that your child will know what to do if they are confronted with these situations in the real world and that you are not just lecturing them or talking to them that they have incorporated it into their daily life.

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How can parents get children to stop whining?

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When do children develop a mature understanding of death?

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What can parents expect from their children during times of grief?

How can parents prepare their children for funerals?

How can parents prepare their children for funerals?

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What else should parents know about how their children deal with death?

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How does reading aloud change as children reach school-age?

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