How to Keep Your Kids Safe

How Can I Keep My Child Safe?

While child abduction is rare, it is a parent's worst nightmare. When a child is victimized through abduction or sexual assault, it affects the entire community. Questions often arise, such as, "How can I keep my child safe?" and "My child is terrified, what should I do?" Click here to download a document with important information on what parent's can do and what children need to know.

Teach Your Child the Buddy System:

Teaching children to incorporate personal safety strategies into their daily lives will reduce their vulnerability towards victimization. Children who go places alone have a greater risk of being harmed. Our Billy Brings a Buddy System is one way children can increase their safety. Click here to teach your child about the Buddy system

Create a Child Protection Plan:

Child Protection Plan: Increase child safety by reducing risks: This Child Protection Plan is designed to help create a "big picture" view of your child's life. Once you have completed the Plan, you will be able to see where risk exists in your child's life, and what protections (or protective factors) can be strengthened to increase your child's personal safety. Click here to access the Child Protection Plan.

Teaching Clear Boundaries is Important to Your Child's Safety:

Why is Teaching Clear Boundaries so Important to Children's Safety? Teaching appropriate boundaries between adults and children reduces children's vulnerability towards sexual exploitation. Click here for more information and access to a downloadable PDF.