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Nationwide between 1982 to 1983 there were 119 reported cases of non-family members taking an infant between the age of birth - 6 mos. 112 abductors were women, and 81 of the abductions took place in the hospital. In 47 of these cases the infant was taken from the mothers room. Abductors act as nurses or hospital employees and will walk into your room and take your baby. You think it's a hospital employee and never have a 2nd thought. When someone comes in for your baby, verify it's a hospital employee. Just ring for the nurse. In 30 of these cases, the home was the abduction location. The kidnapper would either respond to an ad in the newspaper by the family for a babysitter or act as an extension of hospital services. The other 4 cases were outside locations.In New York State in 1999 there were 24,531 reports of missing children. 22,437 of them were runaways, 238 were family abductions (usually custody disputes), 306 lost, 76 acquaintance abductions, there were 4 stranger abductions, 2 of those were in New York City. 1,580 classified as unknown. Research has indicated that subjects who abduct children typically are not first-time offenders, but are serial offenders who often travel during the commission of multiple sexual offenses against children. Tell your child that if someone ever tries to force them to go somewhere, they should scream "help me this is not my father" or "help me this is not my mother." Why? People naturally assume that it is a parent who is handling the child and the child is just having a temper tantrum. How many times have you seen this on the street or at a store. I have seen it dozens of times and I always take a close look at the situation and assess what is going on. Tell your child that they should never have any secrets with older children or other adults and that if an adult tells them a secret they should tell you immediately. Someone the child knows, not strangers, commits 90% of Sexual Abuse. Heterosexual males commit the majority of sexual abuse. I'm sure you probably told your small child that if you ever get separated look for a police officer. Well that's fine if that child can find one, a small child could walk around for hours looking. The best thing to tell them is to go up to a female and tell them their lost. Why you say? The chances of a female being a child molester is remote, and most women are very receptive to lost children.. Sexual predators look for the following personality traits in children: quiet, withdrawn, compliant, easy to manipulate, less likely to put up a fight. IMPACT FOR KIDS ( 800-345-5425 www.prepareinc.com ) a program that teaches children how to protect themselves recommends that at the first recognition of an inappropriate touch the child says "Stop or I'll Tell" can be effective, it puts the predator on notice that this is a child who will tell. Baby
Sitters and Home childcare Providers Once you make the decision to hire one, you should have a pre-employment interview and investigation with all your candidates, even candidates sent to you by a legitimate agency. Don't assume that an agency has taken the appropriate precautions or has conducted the proper background checks. You must ask the hard questions no matter how uncomfortable it makes you feel. Interview several candidates, then make your choice. You have to follow your instincts here. If you're not comfortable with someone, there is a reason for it and look for another candidate. Don't ever question your doubts. Here are some questions that you should ask an adult candidate. How
do you discipline a child? Sit down with your spouse and make up questions to ask your candidates. The way they answer your questions will help you make your choice. If they give you a short, one-word answer, just sit and wait for them to continue talking. This is an interrogation technique I have used many times and in most instances it works and they're forced to continue answering your question in more detail, and here is where the truth comes out. Unless it's a yes or no question, one-word answers are evasive and if they won't answer in some detail you can cross them off the list. Verify their identification by having them produce their driver license and social security card. Write this information down. Have them sign a waiver so you can obtain a copy of their credit report. This should weed out the candidates who are hiding something. Ask for at least 3 references and check them out and ask those references who else you can contact that know your candidate. Make an application up for your candidates to fill out and take a Polaroid photo and attach it to the application. Then verbally go over the answers with the candidate. If
you suspect that child has been abused, fire the babysitter immediately.
Your child's safety and your piece of mind are paramount. Don't
wait around for more evidence, and don't second-guess your feelings.
You could be subjecting your child to more abuse. Guns
in the Home You should check with your child's playmate's parents and ascertain if they keep guns in their home. If so, how do they safeguard them from the children. If you keep a gun in your home and someone gets injured or killed as a result of you not safeguarding that weapon. You will PROBABLY be arrested. Statistics
to remember: New
York State Sex Offender Registry |
