Our beloved children always bring a lot of trouble: they do not sleep at night, tormented by colic and cutting teeth , they are going through a heavy adaptation to the kindergarten, the first age crises. As the child grows older, the issue of the safety of the child outside the home is becoming more and more acute, and the likelihood that smart babies, from the age of 2,5-3 years, can be lost. Of course, one should try not to allow such situations, observing the following recommendations and precautions:
- Do not leave a child under 5 years old on the street unattended;
- if the child is already old enough for independent walks, try to provide him with a company of peers who will stick together;
- explain to the child the importance of respecting the rules of personal safety: do not talk to strangers, do not get into cars on any pretext;
- as soon as the child has learned to express his thoughts more or less clearly, one should teach him how to name his name, address, and address of his parents. If the child is too small, you can put a data card in his pocket or write them on the labels of clothes;
- do not go out for walks with the child in a state of intoxication, do not leave it with drunken friends and relatives;
- most often children are lost in large clusters of people: in shops, railway stations, airports, etc. Hold the child by the hand and do not let go of sight. Just in case, select a prominent place (clock, electronic scoreboard, fountain) and arrange that you will wait for the child there;
- teach the child in case he is lost, seek help from people who do not cause fear externally, for example, mothers with children;
- when walking together in a forest or park, provide the child with a whistle and teach him how to handle it;
- dressing the child for a walk, add to the clothes a bright detail - a scarf or hat, this will help you not to lose it in the crowd, and in which case it will become a good identification sign;
- conduct a preventive talk with the child about the dangers that can await him on the street. In the game form, present an algorithm of actions for such cases.
Our actions with the loss of the child
If, despite all the precautions, it still happened, and the child is lost, do not immediately panic, it is important not to lose a minute, but to pull yourself together and act. So, what you need to do:
- first you should carefully inspect the territory. Well, if you do this not alone, and you will be joined by relatives or acquaintances;
- if a child is lost in a public place, say in a supermarket or on a holiday in a city, run urgently to the loudspeaker or the stage with the microphone;
- the next step is a statement about the loss to the police. Remember that the loss of a minor child is the basis for accepting the application without delay. The short period from the moment of the loss, the absence of a photograph of a child - do not cause the refusal to initiate a criminal case. If employees of internal bodies refuse to give a motion to the case and are offered to take your time, you should turn to their leadership for help or directly to the prosecutor's office;
- if you have fears and versions regarding what happened, you should tell your employees of internal bodies without hiding. If
this kidnapping, then, perhaps, your testimony will bring them on the trail; - be prepared for the fact that experts will come to your home to investigate the territory where the child lives, as well as getting his photographs and personal things facilitating, for example, a cynological search;
- do not stop looking for a child yourself: go to volunteer organizations to find missing children, attract acquaintances, put up flyers with photos, "comb out" the terrain. The more effort is put to the search, the higher the probability of a successful outcome.