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	Erika Lyn Smith BellaOnline's Missing and Exploited Children Editor

Dangers Lurking in Your Child´s Closet
Initially it sounds like a wonderful idea, a child´s backpack personalized the name of the child printed boldly on the outside of the backpack, yet, if you do put a child´s name on his or her backpack, you maybe placing your child in danger.

Digital Cameras Help Keep Children Safe
Use your digital camera on outings to document what your child looks like, just in case something happens. The digital camera gives you an instant picture to keep with you in case you need it.

Escaping Predators Staying Alive
Have you talked to your children about how to escape a child predator? Talking to a child about how to respond to an emergency situation will help them know exactly what to do if they are faced with a similar situation.

Halloween Safety for Children
The laws vary for sex offenders across the nation regarding what the sex offender is or is not allowed to do on Halloween. Parents need to know where the sex offenders live in their neighborhood. Talk to children about being safe now, do not wait for Halloween.

Keeping Kids Safe While Traveling
How to keep kids safe while traveling? Recently we traveled from Saint Louis to Boston. We, being, two rational adults and two children ages 13 and 9. Out of the four of us, three have ADHD, making this trip all the more challenging for the driver, my usually quiet and rational 52-year old husband.

Preventing Child Entrapment
Every year hundreds of children die inside hot car trunks after becoming trapped and unable to get out by themselves. Learn how to install an emergency trunk release.

Preventing Infant Abductions
Authorities caution parents with newborns to be careful whom they allow into their home after bringing a newborn home. Find out how to protect your infant.

Protecting Children´s Information
There are so many ways our children’s personal information is distributed that we may not even realize we are putting them at risk. When we consider how many people, places, and resources have access to our children’s information it is ultimately frightening.

Protecting Kids in Cyberspace [offsite link]
Learn how to protect your child from online sexual exploitation while they surf the net.

Safety Education and Young Children
Children have different learning needs and levels of understanding when an adult wishes to teach him or her something important. Different children need different levels of interaction depending on their age, level of maturity, and if they have any comprehension difficulties.

School Emergency Contact Forms - Safety Tips in Filling Out Paperwork
The start of a new school year means a lot 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.

Summer Home Safety
Spring is here! Since the warmer weather has arrived, everyone is getting outside to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air. This is a good time to review some basic safety guidelines with our families.

Teach Children to Say No
Children need help in recognizing a potentially unsafe situation. Many children are not cognizant of the world happening around them.

Two-way Radios Powerful Safety Devices
Although cell phones are a wonderful convenience in reality they take time to turn on and use in an emergency. Safely kept in a pocket or purse how does one manage to get it out and dial for help quickly. Two-way radios might be a safer option than a cell phone for younger children.

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