Helping to Prevent Missing Children Scenarios: J.B's What-If Series

By Julie Buchanan

Helping to Prevent Missing Children aims to minimize the rate of child abduction. The book's intention is to highlight the ways predators engage with or act to trick children. It seeks to open parents' minds and guide them not to take anything for granted. Parents bring their children into this world, and so it is their duty to watch them grow up-to laugh with them and wipe their tears, to celebrate them at high school graduation and all the milestones along the way. As parents, we must ensure that our children get all the relevant information they need not to fall victim to predators but to overcome them. The book does not intend for parents and children to become paranoid; instead, the intention is to show it doesn't hurt to think out an action before taking it. See for yourself-the news of a parent missing a child, the anguish of not knowing the child's whereabouts, that feeling of your stomach falling to the ground only to bounce back up if and when the child is found. Allow the pain of others to be a lesson in protecting the ones you love. Use that secondhand pain to ensure the same thing never happens to you by sharing the information in this book with your children. The fact is children are abducted and we must aim to limit the incidence of abduction; from reminding them not to walk alone on a dark road or alley, to meeting their friends' parents, you can and may very well save their lives. This book will open your eyes to the possibilities and realities of life in this world, the good as well as the bad. In the end, remember this: Purity, health, goodwill, satisfaction, peace, safety, happiness, and prosperity-you will surely have them all, if only you think on it and live it. The objective of this book is to open parents' eyes to the many ways in which their children can go missing. The scenarios depicted herein are intended not to focus on the parents' pain but instead to convey a key point: No one knows who will be taken next. The book is a reminder for parents that a few words may very well save their children's lives. Because abductors are human, any ordinary person might be an abductor in disguise. For example, who would think, even for a minute, that a friend would betray them by taking their child and then having the nerve to console the family? Each chapter of the book breaks down a simple situation to show how a crisis can develop and what might result. The chapters also present ways to prevent a crisis before it escalates. "Taken From Home" examines how children can be taken from home or a proximal area, even if they manage to avoid their parents' supervision for only a second. This chapter emphasizes that parents should never take their children's safety for granted, no matter their surroundings. "Blind Interactions" shows the na?ve thinking of teenagers, which sometimes impairs their judgement in a detrimental manner. "Detouring From Home" illustrates the consequences of parents' failure to teach their children to be satisfied with what they have and the need for children to understand-and appreciate-their circumstances. "Sneaking Out From Home" demonstrates the danger of sneaking out but keenly points out that some teenagers will still disobey their parents' teachings and choose to live with the consequences. "Online / Chat Room" highlights parents' important role of providing undivided attention to their children. When parents fail in this regard, someone else will fill that void and provide the children with the comfort or companionship they are looking for, but perhaps with dangerous consequences. "Blind Trust" gives insight into lethal perpetrators who conceal their intentions in a relationship by disguising themselves as harmless. These offenders then strike at their convenience, leaving the victim unaware until the danger is revealed, by which time it is too late. "Taken From School" examines the deception that can happen

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09XZDLCD2
• ISBN13: 9798801813592
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"