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	Erika Lyn Smith BellaOnline's Missing and Exploited Children Editor

Emergency Contact Information for Students
Having emergency contact names and numbers on file means a parent or other safe adult can be contacted should your child need to be picked up from school due to injury, illness, or does not show up for school.

Exploited by Gangs America´s Forgotten Children
Children are recruited in to gangs as early as age 7 or 8, and the gang quickly becomes a child´s home. The gang is always there for the child, and once in a gang, it becomes a lifetime commitment. There is usually one way out, only one way, in a wooden box.

Kidnapper Walks Elementary Student Out of School
In a brazen attempt at child abduction and child sexual assault, a man walked into the Lalumier Elementary School in the Cahokia Illinois School District this week, and upon seeing an eight-year-old female student drinking at a water fountain, and told her a teacher wished to speak to her outside.

Protecting Children's Identifying Information
Do you place your home address and phone number in the schoool's student directory? Read the article to find out how to protect Children's Identifying Information.

Safety When Walking to a Friend´s House
Do you know what route your child takes when walking to the home of a friend?

School Activities and Responsible Parenting
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 allow children to fly, yet keep them safe. Read and find out what one mom handles this time.

School Bus Stop Safety
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 stranger?

School Safety for Students
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.

Stranger Dangers
Children face many dangerous situations including strangers, which represent possible kidnappers, abductors, sex offenders, and present red flags in the world of keeping children safe. Here are some ideas to teach kids how to protect themselves from strangers.

The Choking Game - A Modern Day Adolescent Russian Roulette
The game called the choking game, involves an adolescent stopping the supply of oxygenated blood to their brain for short periods. The reason it provides a rush or feeling of a high without using any illegal drugs.