Teens are sexting everyday in school, at home, on their jobs. The problem with sexting is that most high school students are under 18 and sexting is causing major issues for both, sender and receiver. The reason sexting is causing such chaos is it is illegal.

When a child disappears, unless there is direct evidence to show a child was abducted, the search must include any area a child may be able to crawl, or wiggle into and as an area is searched the areas checked should be marked with a bright colored X. Learn what to do if your child is missing.

One of the most important safety tips a parent can implement to protect a child headed into a new school year is NEVER write a child’s name on the outside of a shirt, jacket, backpack, or lunch box. Keep your child safe from a child molester.

Many schools mandate all volunteers, including parents, and all employees have to submit to a background check prior to any contact with students. However, just as many schools do not require this back ground check. How schools deal with parents who are registered sex offenders varies greatly.

The start of a new school year means alot of paper work for mom and dad. On the emergency contact forms make sure you list who can and who cannot have access to your child.

Children stand at school bus stops early in the morning often before some adults head to work. Do your children know what to do if approached by a strange?

Homecoming is this weekend. The Homecoming Dance always signals fall has arrived. This year my daughter is a freshman in high school and attending the dance. How do we allo children to fly, yet keep them safe. Read and find out what one mom handles this time.

Circuit Judge Melvyn Wiesman asked the now 8 year old on September 25 to think about what she felt would be appropriate for her attacker to receive as punishment, and to write him a letter. She did. She asked, “That he go away for 60 years…because when he gets out he won't hurt any other person.”

Today Saint Clair County, Illinois, Judge Milton Wharton released the taped police confession of a twenty-six year old teacher who had a relationship with a seventeen- year old student. The teacher, Samson R. Shelton, will go on trial later this year for the attempted murder of Ashley Reeves.

Angie Marie Housman and Cassidy Senter were kidnapped and murdered within days of each other in Missouri. Parents, and even police wondered if there was a child serial killer terrorizing Saint Louis. Angie's killer is still unknown. Read and find out how you can help.