SmartKid - SafeKid

Posted by Karen Kelley on Dec 6, 2011

Child Safety Program Available

SmartKid SafeKid offers child safety programs for schools, childcare centers, foster parent programs, scouting troops and other organizations that would like to find more proactive ways to protect children through prevention education. We are a certified, executive level affiliate of Child Shield USA, a 20+ year old program rated A+by the Better Business Bureau and endorsed by Oprah Winfrey and John...

Posted by Karen Kelley on Oct 10, 2011

$50,000 reward will generate viable leads

In the event your child goes missing how able and how soon could you raise reward money for their safe return? We all know this: Offering a reward as soon as possible increases the chances that a viable lead may materialize. Coming up with a large reward will be difficult for most people. It will take time. Unlike typical search preparations, Child Shield USA “IMMEDIATELY”...

Posted by Karen Kelley on Sep 5, 2011

Only 1% of missing children qualify

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that, “… 797,500 children (younger than 18) were reported missing in a one-year period of time studied resulting in an average of 2,185 children being reported missing each day.” National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The 2010 Amber Alert report posted at www.amberalert.gov recorded, “From January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2010,...

Posted by Karen Kelley on Aug 2, 2011

Parents: Be the First Line of Defense!

This is a call to action for parents and legal guardians: It is time to stop the plague of child abductions and abuse and become the first line of defense for your children! Yes, we all shudder every time we hear a report of another child who was kidnapped and victimized. But, no matter how upsetting it is we as adults must understand that this is an unpleasant reality in today’s world. More...

Posted by Karen Kelley on Aug 2, 2011

Grandparents…You can help!

As grandparents of five, soon to be six, my husband and I say without hesitation that,”We love our grandchildren!” Though ours are still very young the opportunity to watch them grow and change every day is a privilege beyond words. Even the relationship that our adult children have with their own grandparents is enchanting and heart warming. Arthur Kornhaber, M.D., puts it, we are free to...

Posted by Karen Kelley on Aug 2, 2011

Runaways: This isn’t Kansas anymore…

It is a time honored fact that parents and especially teens and pre-teens don’t always get along. Kids do runaway. According to the National Runaway Switchboard, an organization that takes calls and helps kids who have run away or are thinking of running away, 1 in 7 kids between the ages of 10 and 18 will run away at some point. And there are 1 million to 3 million runaway and homeless kids...

Posted by Karen Kelley on Aug 2, 2011

Emotional Kidnapping – Parental Alienation

It is so easy when parents are going through a separation or divorce to expect the child to ‘understand’ their side of the issue. Yet inevitably the child/children end up being saturated by one or both parents own negative feelings about the other parent to the point where the child feels they are expected to choose which parent to love and respect. There is a name for it…parental...

Posted by admin on Aug 2, 2011

Plan B – Kid Escape Training

Plan A is prevention education and Plan B is your child’s knowing how to react if a kidnapper does grab them. We have researched some of the most popular self-defense programs for children in the United States. Yes, all over the country proactive parents are providing their children a variety of tools to keep them safe. One national program, developed and based here in Ohio is KID...