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	Erika Lyn Smith BellaOnline's Missing and Exploited Children Editor

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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.

Emergency Contacts 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.

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.

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 allo children to fly, yet keep them safe. Read and find out what one mom handles this time.

School Emergency Contact Forms - Safety Tips in Filling Out Paperwork
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.

School Policy Regarding Parent Offenders
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.