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Preventing Kids from Getting Lost

And what to do if it happens!

?I can?t find my child? are possibly the most dreaded words for any parent or caregiver. The panic that a parent feels is indescribable. The parent immediately worries that the child has been harmed or abducted. Luckily, most of the time, the child is found physically unharmed and quickly reunited. However, even a momentary accidental wandering can leave indelible trauma for both child and parent. While most people do not voluntarily confess, 90% of families are affected1. American children get lost over 2000 times each day in all kinds of public places such as beaches, amusement parks, fairs, and airports. Unfortunately, children do get lost. It is not a result of bad parenting or bad children, and as ?good? parents, we can be proactive and avoid or at least minimize the profound trauma and possible physical harm that occurs when a child is lost. With these simple tips, you can help keep your child safe wherever you go.

Put Safe, Easily Accessible Contact Information on Your Child

While there is no substitute for parental / caregiver attention, the best preparation is to put a note or tag with your cell phone number on your child in an easily accessible place. This allows another adult to see and use it to quickly contact you (or the caregiver that is out with your child). Young children, or some special needs children who cannot speak, should have the identification visible so that another person can access it easily without needing to undo the child?s clothing. If your child fidgets with the I.D., attach it to the back of their clothing between their shoulder blades. Older children can carry the cell phone information in their pocket if you are confident that he/she will be able to produce that information when needed. You can use a laminated card, a sticker, or one of the various I.D. products on the market. Never put your home address information on the I.D.

Dress Children in Bright, Special ?Away from Home? Clothing

To help spot children easily, dress them in very brightly colored external clothing such as a t-shirt, hat, or jacket. Very bright yellow or green works best. Bright apparel can also serve as a key identifier for others helping you to find your missing child.

Carry a Recent Photo and Description of Each Child

Carrying a recent photo of your child is one of the most important things you can do for her safety. On the back of the photo, note the child?s eye color, hair color, height, weight, and any birthmarks or other distinguishing marks. If your child is one of multiples, note that as well. Be sure to put your cell number on the back, too. Do this for each of your children. If you need assistance from other people to find your child, having that photo and information available can make a real difference in a quick and successful reunion.

Teach Your Child to Ask Another Mommy for Help

A scared child may not be able to find a trusted authority quickly. It is difficult to even describe a typical guard or officer. Teach your children to enlist help from another mother. Children intuitively know that a mommy is a woman with other kids. This is one type of ?stranger? that you do want your child to talk to if he needs help. Also, right before you arrive at a public place, remind your child what to do if he gets lost.

Reinforce Good Behavior

When you go out to a public place, even the supermarket, and you return without your child getting lost, tell him that he was good for staying with you the entire time while you were out. Positive reinforcement is the best way to elicit the behavior you want from your child.

What to Do Immediately When Your Child Is Lost

Many public places such as retail stores, amusement parks, and beaches now have specific lost child procedures such as lock downs. If your child does get lost, try to remain calm and quickly find an onsite employee to trigger the venue?s lost child process. Don?t wander too far away from the spot where you last saw your child. Often the child is still nearby. If you sense that your child is more than just temporarily lost, call the police. It is better to call back to report that you have found your child than to lose any precious time that can make a critical difference in safely finding your child.

Celebrate, Don?t Berate When You Are Reunited

Once you are reunited with your child, be sure to congratulate her for following the instructions you taught her to follow in case she got lost. Don?t yell at your child for getting lost. If the child ever gets lost again, she may prefer to remain lost rather than be yelled at again. If the child did not follow the proper instructions when she got lost, discuss the incident seriously but calmly and recall precisely how you both felt while you were separated. Often times, the child doesn?t even think they were missing at all ? the child may think that you were the one lost! Reiterate how important it is that they don?t wander off next time and remind them about finding another mommy for help.

1: Source = Wander Wear Inc. Parent Survey, November 200

Alyssa Dver is a Family Safety Expert and CEO of Wander Wear? Inc., (http://www.wander-wear.com), a parent-run company that advocates child safety in public places. She is a frequent speaker and quoted resource for lost child prevention. Wander Wear? develops practical information and affordable products that can quickly and easily reunite lost children with their parents or caregivers. She is the mother of two boys ages 7 and 3.

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Heavenly Kid

Heavenly Kid
Customer Review: A GOLDIE BUT GOODIE

HEAVENLY KID IS JUST A CURL UP ON THE COUCH WITH A SMILE

KIND OF MOVIE. IT IS MORE A CHICK FLICK THAN ANYTHING.

FOR A LAZY DAY AND A FEW LAUGHS THIS IS THE MOVIE TO SEE.

Nordicware 01980 Zoo Friends Pancake Pan

Nordicware 01980 Zoo Friends Pancake Pan
For a wild breakfast adventure, whip up a batch of pancakes in this clever cast aluminum, non-stick pan. It makes 7 silver-dollar pancakes, each with a different zoo animal face. How fun! Hand wash. (10-1/2 dia.)

Customer Review: Zoo Friend Pancake Pan

My daughter and I love to make fun shaped pancakes and this makes it so easy. A small spatula would be a good addition to this item.

Jazz for Kids: Sing, Clap, Wiggle and Shake

Jazz for Kids: Sing, Clap, Wiggle and Shake
The fun songs here are timeless classics that appeal to kids of all ages. By featuring childhood favorites such as "Old McDonald" and "The Muffin Man," both sung by Ella Fitzgerald, as well as more offbeat songs ("Mumbles" by Oscar Peterson featuring Clark Terry), Jazz for Kids makes for a great way to teach youngsters about jazz and swing music as well as some of its most legendary performers.

Little ones can sing along with Lionel Hampton's "Rag Mop" and share in the hand claps on "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along" performed here by Carmen McRae. Their appetites will surely be fueled by Louis Prima's "Yes! We Have No Bananas" and "Potato Chips" from Slim Gaillard and His Baker's Dozen.

The kid-tested collection (children, nieces and nephews of Verve Records' staff helped make the final selections) also includes "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, "Chicken Rhythm" also by Slim Gaillard, and Blossom Dearie's "Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song)."

Jazz for Kids finishes with an inspiring lesson and uplifting message for both youngsters and adults alike in the form of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World."

As Jazz for Kids makes little girls and boys dance, smile, giggle and ask for more, it is finally a children's album that their parents won't mind listening to again, and again, and again, and again...

Customer Review: If only there were more like this

This is most enjoyable CD for kids - hands down. I'm sure someone could argue it's the most enjoyable CD period. It's a compilation of stellar artists performing songs that everyone, including kids, can enjoy immensely. They're fully orchestrated performances with real saxophones and trumpets and drums as you'd expect with names like Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson, et. al. I didn't think I could stand another version of Old MacDonald until I heard Ella sing it, and I can't get ENOUGH of it. Neither my 19-month-old nor I can keep from dancing when "Rag Mop" or "Potato Chips" are playing. "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" is every bit as cheeky and fun to sing along with as something from Sandra Boynton's "Philadelphia Chickens" (also a fine disc, but no match musically for this one). Oscar Peterson's "Mumbles" is alone worth the price of the whole compilation. "What a Wonderful World" is a perfect ending that comes far too soon. I'm playing this disc right now on my laptop even though my toddler went to bed hours ago. How many kids' CDs can you say THAT about? I cannot recommend it enough.

BigTrack Trackball

BigTrack Trackball
BIGtrack by Infogrip is a very big, easy-to-use trackball-style mouse. It features a 3-inch yellow ball and has two blue buttons (for left and right mouse clicks) located behind the trackball to avoid unwanted clicks.
Works on any Windows or Macintosh computer that has a USB or PS/2 port.
Can co-exist with a conventional mouse on the same computerRuggedly built.
Great for kids, and for adults with mobility or fine motor limitations.
The BIGtrack is easy to install and works on any Windows or Macintosh computer that has a USB or PS/2 port. Just plug and play.
NOW IN STOCK!

Gund Sesame Street 13-Inch Elmo

Gund Sesame Street 13-Inch Elmo
This soft, yet durable, plush Elmo doll by Gund is baby safe and made with quality. It stands 13" tall and is surface washable. Not only is this a great gift, it is a collectors item as well.

Customer Review: ELMO IS THE GREATEST

ELMO IS PERFECT FOR 8 MONTHS AND UP~~HE'S CUDDLY AND HIS SIZE IS PERFECT~~MY 10 MONTH OLD G-SON LOVES HIM AND "DANCES WITH HIM"~~GUND SURE MAKES GREAT PRODUCTS;I HIGHLY RECOMMEND GUND~~

Bit O' Honey Candy, 1.7-Ounce Packets (Pack of 36)

Bit O' Honey Candy, 1.7-Ounce Packets (Pack of 36)
Customer Review: FRESH

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Unspeakable Evil

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:00:45 -0700
Good Morning everyone. Have any of you been following the trial of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who kept his daughter in a cellar and fathered her seven children there? Anyway, this morning I have just heard the he has changed all his pleas to guilty, including murder. Having read some of the details of the trial (which to be perfectly honest if one viewed in even the most graphic of horror films one would likely think it was unbelievable) I am now hoping that this man will spend the rest

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Academy Proposal Generates Traffic Concerns - Virginia Connection Newspapers

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:08:45 GMT

Academy Proposal Generates Traffic Concerns Virginia Connection Newspapers, VA My concern is that high-school students will be there later than the 3 or 4 o’clock now because of after-school sports and activities. And what about lights at night?” Strobel said the fields won’t be lit, the only sports would be soccer, ...