Protect Your Children

Parents and guardians should choose opportunities or teachable moments to reinforce safety skills. When you speak to your children about personal safety, do so in a calm, reassuring manner. Children do not need to be frightened to get the point across.

• Tips for Mom and Dad
• Tips for Older Children
• Tips for Younger Children

Resources

The following websites provide additional information about protecting children from abduction and exploitation:

• FBI's Crimes Against Children Program
• McGruff the Crime Dog - Information for child safety, identification, abduction, fingerprinting, and crime prevention
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
  • Net Smartz - NCMEC’s, website to teach children about dangers on the internet
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention