Safe Parenting

Child safety service InstantAmber reminds us that this month is National Child Abuse Prevention month, calling attention to all facets of child abuse and child safety. The Galveston County Daily News put together a great list of things to make sure your child knows to prevent their abduction:

• Children should know their name, address and phone number with area code.
• Children need to know that appropriate strangers, store clerks or police officers, can offer assistance if they are lost or need help.
• Parents should continue to insist on safety measures through middle school and high school. Most victims of nonfamily abductions were 12 years or older and most were girls.
• Parents should promptly report a missing child. The Amber Plan is credited with helping recover more than 130 children in its first two years.

Talking to your children about being smart and safe could go a long way towards keeping them out of harms way!

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