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                        Awareness Tips For Children
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 1)  Don't *go* with strangers, talking to strangers when with someone you 
     know and trust is fine in most cases.
 
 2)  Don't accept gifts from anyone not specifically OK'd by your parents. 
 
 3)  Don't accept rides from strangers, or even someone you know, unless your
     parents have specially said it's OK to go in a car with that person.
 
 4)  Don't talk to strange people on the other side of schoolyard fence. Go 
     and tell a teacher that a stranger is talking to you and especially if 
     they are asking *any* questions.  
 
 5)  Listen to your parents because they're teaching you self-defense daily
     when they tell you where you should be, what time to be home, and to
     go directly home. Parents do this out of love for you.
 
 6)  Listen to your teachers when they tell you where to go and what to do
     around school grounds, because that's self-defense, too.
 
 7)  If you have to walk on the public streets, walk in the *middle* of the
     sidewalk, away from doorways and alley-ways. Face traffic so someone
     can't drive up from behind and grab you, and always watch for strangers
     when they approach.

 8)  Don't take *unsafe shortcuts* across parks, etc.

 9)  Get immediate attention of anyone nearby if you feel threatened. 
     Yell "Fire, fire!" and not "Help!"  because there are many tragic 
     instances where people have run away from those yelling "Help!" but fire 
     is such a threat to everyone that they generally come to at least see 
     what's happening. Even break a window, if necessary, don't be afraid to 
     draw attention to yourself!  "The window can be replaced, but the child 
     cannot..."
            These are a few tips that I know of if, you know more, 
            please send them across the MISSING CHILDREN ECHO.

                                  Marv Cotton, SysOp HEIDI SEARCH CENTER
 
  
  
  
  edited by:
 
  Timothy O'Brien 
  SysOp: HOBO OUTPOST  'Replace Hope With Reality' 
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  Vancouver BC Canada



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