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By: Nancy | October 04, 2007 | Category: Home and Family

It seems as if a week doesn’t go by without a new high-profile missing child case in the U.S. or abroad making TV headlines.teddy bear sillhouette I study the photos and home movie clips that they show. And I always hope somehow as I’m out shopping or commuting, that I’ll recognize a face from the news reports or from the back of a milk carton or an ad in my mailbox and will be able to help reunite a family.

More than 2,000 kids are reported missing every day after being abducted by a parent or stranger or after running away from home. The information on USA.gov’s Missing Children page can help you and your child learn how to lower the chances of abduction and can help you learn what you need to do right away if your child is missing.

The page features steps to take within the first 48 hours after your child has disappeared, giving you the information you need to become an effective partner with law enforcement, volunteer searchers and the media in finding your child. There’s also a link to the resources of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. For more than 20 years, the center has been a clearinghouse for information about missing child cases, a training provider for law enforcement and social service professionals, and a source of helpful tips to share with your kids about being safe on their trip to and from school, in the neighborhood, and at crowded public places like malls and amusement parks. The page also links to the FBI’s photo database of children abducted by their parents. And there are links to sites about Amber Alerts and Code Adam—two ways that law enforcement and local governments, businesses and the public can work together quickly to share information when a child is reported missing

It’s easy to get discouraged when so many missing child cases remain unsolved or have sad outcomes. But there are so many success stories of children being returned safely to their families because law enforcement and people like you and me paid attention to those news stories and to the people and things they saw around them and reported sightings that brought about happy reunions.

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I am not even sure I have seen a missing person on the back of a milk carton in years now. I do not think people buy milk as they used to do. Perhaps putting them on bottled water would make more sense in today's world.

Posted by Derek Burress on October 04, 2007 at 11:47 AM EDT #

I agree with Derek, I am in school to do what you now do and I hope to be a profiler and work cases of missing and exploited w women and children. I have worked in the social field for many years now as a family advocate and have had to see some rough stuff, but nothing like what you do , nor have I had to deal with the disappointment of case after case and no closure or no clues enough to get anywhere. I hit burnout in what I do and some of the cases I work have fed law enforcement involved and I lose kids and the Disabled to the state. I have found that the state has alot of white collar crime as I would put it and the cases drag on for years. I see the pictures of children and sometimes wonder if I have seen one and didn't know it. I am glad that this is here to talk and hear from another side of the fence. I appreciate what you do and the stress you have to endure.

Posted by PLG in US on October 04, 2007 at 11:04 PM EDT #

Good post, thanx

Posted by www.meditalk4all.com on October 05, 2007 at 06:44 AM EDT #

I pray to god that we taxpayers and not paying a penny for this drivel on government time and facilities

Posted by golconda on October 07, 2007 at 08:07 PM EDT #

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