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January 13, 2006
Important Site for Parents and Kids
In the midst of all the booths that were challenging my ethical standards and fanning my privacy fears, I was relieved to see an organization of unequivocally positive social impact: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. I visited with the staff person (a retired police officer volunteer) and learned about the many training guides, informational packets, and databases that this group publishes and sponsors.
One fact stood out to me: It's all about prevention. A very high percentage of children are harmed or killed within three hours of abduction. On average, it requires two hours for parents to conclude their children are definitely missing, so the police typically have (at most) one hour to find the child. Clearly, the solution has to be prevention.
To that end, they have sponsored (at www.NetSmartz.org) some terrific teaching and training aids in the form of computer games for children You can find an index of children instructional games here.
Very Important. If you have children, grandchildren, nieces, or nephews, check out this site.
Also see www.missingkids.com and www.cybertipline.com.
Posted by DavidK at January 13, 2006 12:06 PM | Permalink