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ANewDayHasCome
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PSA: come up with a family code word!
A little girl avoided a kidnapphing by asking for the code word when the man told her she needed to come with him Bc her brother was in a serious accident.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/code-word-prevents-kidnapping_us_5be87b91e4b0dbe871ac55ef
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LuckyStar
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PSA: come up with a family code word!
Yes, DH saw this and we talked to DD about it immediately.
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| Posted 11/12/18 8:56 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: PSA: come up with a family code word!
I remember I had one with my family as a kid too.
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| Posted 11/12/18 9:01 AM |
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thewinterone
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cause you are gray.
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Re: PSA: come up with a family code word!
I had one as a child and used it.
Turned out just to be a nice neighbor that I didn't know offering me a ride home in a snowstorm, but it worked for me.
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| Posted 11/12/18 9:30 AM |
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ANewDayHasCome
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PSA: come up with a family code word!
Come to think of it, I vaguely remember having one when I was little too.
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| Posted 11/12/18 9:50 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: PSA: come up with a family code word!
The thing is too, why would parents EVER send a complete stranger to come get their kid?
Even if someone were in an accident, or there was some kind of emergency, you would send a family member or trusted friend...someone your child knows.
I think that's the other thing you have to teach your kids.
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| Posted 11/12/18 9:57 AM |
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busymomonli
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PSA: come up with a family code word!
Code words have been used by my kids for a variety of different reasons. As a tween/teen, my daughter has had to use it a few times. Our arrangement was that if she were ever in an uncomfortable situation, she could text me the code word and then I would call her and tell her she needed to come home for "whatever reason". She's used it at gatherings where kids are drinking/smoking pot and she just didn't want to be around it.
So yes, code words are a great thing for kids!
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| Posted 11/12/18 10:24 AM |
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Katareen
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Re: PSA: come up with a family code word!
Posted by NervousNell
The thing is too, why would parents EVER send a complete stranger to come get their kid?
Even if someone were in an accident, or there was some kind of emergency, you would send a family member or trusted friend...someone your child knows.
I think that's the other thing you have to teach your kids.
Yes— you have to make that SUPER clear to your kids because I don’t think a young child would rationalize the situation. If my daughter thought one of her siblings was hurt or sick she would jump into the car without thinking. It’s terrifying.
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| Posted 11/12/18 12:46 PM |
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ANewDayHasCome
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Re: PSA: come up with a family code word!
Posted by busymomonli
Code words have been used by my kids for a variety of different reasons. As a tween/teen, my daughter has had to use it a few times. Our arrangement was that if she were ever in an uncomfortable situation, she could text me the code word and then I would call her and tell her she needed to come home for "whatever reason". She's used it at gatherings where kids are drinking/smoking pot and she just didn't want to be around it.
So yes, code words are a great thing for kids!
Wow, another good example
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| Posted 11/12/18 2:43 PM |
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mommy2B3
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Re: PSA: come up with a family code word!
Posted by NervousNell
The thing is too, why would parents EVER send a complete stranger to come get their kid?
Even if someone were in an accident, or there was some kind of emergency, you would send a family member or trusted friend...someone your child knows.
I think that's the other thing you have to teach your kids.
I think that’s probably the case for many people, but for my family, we live in a state where we have no family and while we have some friends who my kids know, they don’t know all of them or even co-workers etc. So we have gone over with my kids the few people who we would try and send, God forbid there’s an emergency, but have also let them know a code word, in case we had to send somebody else if we couldn’t reach other people.
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| Posted 11/12/18 3:42 PM |
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