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Home › Articles › Toddler Safety › Your Child's Strongest Ally:

Your Child's Strongest Ally:

You!

By Catrina M. Dickens

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dad and child When Chaplin was 3 years old, his father, Neal, received the scare of his life. They were at the busiest museum in the world at that time, The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Neal felt Chaplin let go of his hand for a second, and then he was gone. Neal found a security guard. They searched frantically, and then, after what felt like a lifetime, Neal and Chaplin saw each other in a crowd at the same time and were reunited. "It was the scariest forty-five minutes of my life," Neal says. Decades later, he is still emotional as he relives the story.

The thought of anything happening to our beloved children is terrifying. We've heard the basic safety rules: teach kids their phone number and address, tell them to go to a police officer or a checkout clerk in the store if they are separated from you -- but what do we do for kids who can walk, but can't talk?

It's challenging to keep toddlers safe. According to the Vanished Child Alliance, a child goes missing or is abducted every 40 seconds in the United States. Clearly, parents have to take active responsibility for their children's safety.

The first step is to be aware that toddlers are relatively helpless when out in the world. "A young child lost in the mall doesn't know he's lost," says Steve Cohen, a 25-year Chicago Police Force officer and father of two. This realization hurts


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