Family Watchdog can be quite a resourceful website when looking up sex offenders, maps of the location of the offenders in your area. My husband headed a Watchdog group at my child's school. This was a great program set to get dads more involved in their child's school. Dads have get-togethers with their children at their school to share ideas. It also encourages the father to volunteer on occasion at their child's school to be a handyman, check parameters of the school, walk around and talk to students during lunch, volunteering in a classroom etc. The D-O-G in Watchdog stands for dads of great students. It is a very positive organization which seeks to help in the protection of children. It recognizes that many children do not have a male role model in their life. Family Watchdog helps to provide that. For more information please visit their website listed below and contact your school to see if there is an active Watchdog group with in the school.
http://www.familywatchdog.us/default.asp
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Alisa is found !
I could not have been happier this morning when I found out that Alisa had been found alive and well. Now, to find ALL the rest of these missing children. Alisa was found at a car wash and her hair had been cut off and the police officers thought that she was a boy who had wandered off. She was found 80 miles from her home but in Missouri. Thank you GOD!!!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
What are your rules??
I hope you do take the time to talk to your children about their safety . Making sure to set clear rules of what to do when in public and simply giving them the best tools at having a fighting chance in any encounter with the wrong person and how to avoid these situations. The first important thing is to talk to your children about the reality of danger. We always want to protect our children and do not want to scare them with things we see on the evening news. Understandable......but is it protective? Without scaring your children, you need to inform them that there ARE people in this world that are not good and could hurt them. And that they look just like normal people. Children have an image in their mind of a "bad guy", when in reality they may look very friendly. You will be protecting your child more by giving them insight.
Growing up in a small town outside of Nashville, I often stayed with my grandmother. We would walk to a local store, and she would sometimes allow me to "wander off" to the next aisle or even department. Was this the best thing to do?? Probably not. But she did tell me, if anyone tried to take me to "scream my head off!!!"
Not bad advice. Ask yourself what tools you are using now, you may have some you could share. Could you use better ones?? Here are some tips that I would like to share----
a. Give your child a whistle, explain and make clear that they are to blow this whistle in the event that a stranger approaches and they feel uncomfortable and especially if anyone grabs them. Do not get too upset if the child uses it incorrectly because they may then become afraid to use it, just remind them of the proper use.
b. Make clear the limits of distance in stores, malls, parks etc. If I can't see you, you're too far or If I can not reach my arm out and touch you, then you are too far. If they get too far, let them know, and that it doesn't take long for an adult to snatch them up.
c. Role play, no really! Act it out, at home or anywhere. Set it up and give your child an idea of how to handle him or herself.
d. There are devices called child locators that act as personal GPS. Brickhouse.com is a good one!
Also, I am a big fan of cell phones for kids. I know its controversial, who should have a cell phone, how old should your child be and so forth. HOWEVER, if your child is ever alone at any time in their day, after school walking home, it may be the BEST tool your child can have. They can save their life as a piece of concrete evidence or for the records. It is worth it and more important to have it in an emergency. Better safe than sorry. Again, set clear limits for the phone.
e. Always make your child check in with you, if they are playing at a friend's house, outside, or if there is any sort of change in their day that is not typical. Have them come inside to check in or call. When children become missing, time is such an important matter, you need to know where they are in a time frame.
Please share ideas of tools you use to protect your children!!! Thanks
Growing up in a small town outside of Nashville, I often stayed with my grandmother. We would walk to a local store, and she would sometimes allow me to "wander off" to the next aisle or even department. Was this the best thing to do?? Probably not. But she did tell me, if anyone tried to take me to "scream my head off!!!"
Not bad advice. Ask yourself what tools you are using now, you may have some you could share. Could you use better ones?? Here are some tips that I would like to share----
a. Give your child a whistle, explain and make clear that they are to blow this whistle in the event that a stranger approaches and they feel uncomfortable and especially if anyone grabs them. Do not get too upset if the child uses it incorrectly because they may then become afraid to use it, just remind them of the proper use.
b. Make clear the limits of distance in stores, malls, parks etc. If I can't see you, you're too far or If I can not reach my arm out and touch you, then you are too far. If they get too far, let them know, and that it doesn't take long for an adult to snatch them up.
c. Role play, no really! Act it out, at home or anywhere. Set it up and give your child an idea of how to handle him or herself.
d. There are devices called child locators that act as personal GPS. Brickhouse.com is a good one!
Also, I am a big fan of cell phones for kids. I know its controversial, who should have a cell phone, how old should your child be and so forth. HOWEVER, if your child is ever alone at any time in their day, after school walking home, it may be the BEST tool your child can have. They can save their life as a piece of concrete evidence or for the records. It is worth it and more important to have it in an emergency. Better safe than sorry. Again, set clear limits for the phone.
e. Always make your child check in with you, if they are playing at a friend's house, outside, or if there is any sort of change in their day that is not typical. Have them come inside to check in or call. When children become missing, time is such an important matter, you need to know where they are in a time frame.
Please share ideas of tools you use to protect your children!!! Thanks
ACTIVE AMBER Alert: Alisa Maier – Louisiana,MO « AMBER Alert
ACTIVE AMBER Alert: Alisa Maier – Louisiana,MO « AMBER Alert
Facts about this case:
-Missing Since July 5th approximately 8pm
-Carnival was in town recently, bringing in out of towners
-House abducted from is 1/4 mile from Champ Clark Bridge which crosses state line into Illinois from Missouri.
-Active volunteer searches are ongoing and you can register at Elks Lodge at 120 N. Fifth Louisiana, MO.
Facts about this case:
-Missing Since July 5th approximately 8pm
-Carnival was in town recently, bringing in out of towners
-House abducted from is 1/4 mile from Champ Clark Bridge which crosses state line into Illinois from Missouri.
-Active volunteer searches are ongoing and you can register at Elks Lodge at 120 N. Fifth Louisiana, MO.
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