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Woman Finds Her Missing Toddler In A Supermarket With The Help Of A “Hack” She Saw On TikTok
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Woman Finds Her Missing Toddler In A Supermarket With The Help Of A “Hack” She Saw On TikTok

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Few things in life are scarier than the moment you realize your child is missing. Your heart skips a beat and the whole world freezes.

But this is precisely what happened to one mom while shopping at a Kmart. After frantically and silently rummaging through the store, the mom suddenly remembered seeing a viral TikTok with a trick on how to find your child in a harrowing situation like this.

The trick was posted by parenting blogger Jess Martini, who shared a clip on her TikTok platform back in November 2020. “Do not start silently looking, you wanna look loudly, and what I mean by that is you start shouting their description while you look,” Jess stated in a video which amassed 152.2k likes.

Following Jess’ advice, the mom began shouting inside the store: “I’m missing a little boy, he’s wearing a yellow shirt and has brown hair. He’s two years old and his name is Nathan,” and they luckily got reunited. Let’s see Jess’ potentially life-saving hack in full right below.

Parenting vlogger Jess Martini posted this advice on what to do if your child goes missing in a public space and it went viral

@jesmartiniPSA that I feel can save kids and I’ve used- if your child goes missing in public ##momsoftiktok ##PSA ##nojudgement ##fyp ##4up ##besafe ##parentsoftiktok♬ original sound – Jess martini

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The mum of a two-year-old lost sight of him at a Kmart store in the NSW Hunter Region, Australia on Saturday. According to Yahoo, she shared the ordeal online on one Australian Facebook group, describing it as “the scariest 10 minutes of her life.”

“One friend ran to the entry immediately and alerted the staff member to not let a boy of his description leave the store. Even if he was with an adult. Another friend searched the area he was last seen,” she wrote on Facebook.

As the woman was running along the aisles and frantically looking under racks of clothing, she realized that searching for her child in silence would achieve nothing. It was then when she remembered the piece of advice given by Jess Martini and proceeded to shout the description of her boy.

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“I’m missing a little boy, he’s wearing a yellow shirt and has brown hair. He’s two years old and his name is Nathan,” the mum just kept repeating. Soon, she realized that people around her had started to take notice. “I had every adult around me on alert. They all threw aside what they were looking at and started searching too,” she wrote in a post.

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Shortly, a sense of relief came over her as she heard a male voice behind her saying “he’s here.” “I turned back the way I came and there he was. A man had walked past him after hearing me calling out,” the woman recalled.

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Parents should always take precautions in case their children go missing. Here’s what you can do to prevent it: dress your child in bright colors, teach them to walk close to you, make sure your child knows their full name and phone number, write your phone number, name, and address on one of their clothing labels.

It’s always a good idea to make sure you remember what your child is wearing or take a photo of them if you’re in a crowded place. And for older kids, practice “meeting in a safe place” in case any member of the family gets lost.

And this is what others had to say about the advice

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Mike Crow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An teacher of mine taught us a life hack, take a picture of your children just before you go into a crowded place like an amusement park. So if your child goes missing and you panic and can’t recall what they are wearing you have the most current photo of them to show people (and remember yourself).

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Downvote monster is going to town on this reply section. I see 0 things here worth downvoting, so what happened?

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Rebecca Lynch
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was paying in a newsagent and between getting my wallet out of my bag I looked back and my 3 year older was gone. It was a strip mall. We frequently went there. At first I wanted to check the other shops but thought if I stayed in the centre I'd be more likely to find him. Just like the post I kept calling him and shouting loudly what he was wearing a little boy, brown coat, blue helmet. A couple of minutes in a lady said she had seen him crossing the road. I ran in the direction and could see him in the distance with two women. I ran to him. The woman he was next to was also in the newsagents and he had followed her out as she was of similar build and hair color to mine. I was so glad to find him. But it was terrifying.

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Gina Babe
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People knock the whole "leash" thing but it can happen in a second! So happy you found him

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A.M. Pierre
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely remember playing an impromptu and unannounced game of hide and seek with my mom in a department store by hiding in the middle of a clothing rack. Scared the living daylights out of her. When you're that little, the danger you could be in or the fear you could cause doesn't really compute. You're just playing.

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Colin Mochrie At Its Finest
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My daughter LOVED the clothing racks. I let her in the one I was at, and she had to move along with me, and she was not to mess with the clothes. She was allowed to go down empty aisles as long as we were talking with each other or she was singing but had an end point not around a corner as to not run into people and such. Once she got too silly and pulled her pants down. Oh boy. I was next to her and was grabbing food, caught the tail end. She is a ham to the video cameras, always dancing for them. But she was always had rules to follow. She had to touch the cart or sit in it. Once, 8 mo pregnant she (3) was fine and I was finishing up at the register and she walked off. I did not even know at the time if I took my card back & just followed her. She ignored me & I couldn't catch up. She got to the first of the double doors and I realized she was too far so I left the cart and caught up (running was difficult at that stage for me) and stuck her in the seat kicking & screaming.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate it when people shame moms for this kind of thing. Kids are unpredictable. I am the best aunt that has ever walked the face of the earth and that did not stop my 6 year old nephew from dashing down an aisle to look at comic books while I was looking for vanilla sugar.

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Katchen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed. The person who couldn’t understand how you can’t know where your two-year-old is has never been shopping with multiple children under five at the same time.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When we go anywhere I slip a Tile in her pocket, it tracks her by GPS (up to 4-500 feet away), and if she gets more than 50 feet from me it pings my phone. They're about $30 but I've had it for 4 years and it's great.

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Mike Crow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was leaving the mall food court with my two young kids when I noticed I now had three kids as a five year old boy had joined us. I stopped him from walking out into the busy parking lot and couldn’t see anyone else around. So I took him back into the food court where he walked up to his parents who were eating. They never even knew he was gone.

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Rah Soft
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

if this "article" demonstrates at least one thing is the sheer amount of toxic vote brigading that goes on in BP... if you disagree then fine disagree, but when you decide to censor by vote brigading then that just shows you have bigger problems in your life.. BP has become an echo chamber of ignorance.

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Lisa Shaw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always told my kids, if we were in a public space, to yell my first name instead of Mom, since there are so many moms at the park and public pool, it will make those of us focus more quickly on who's child needs them.

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amaryllis
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

40 years ago I had a friend who would fo this, very loudly. As her 2 boys got older they were so embarrassed by it that they never strayed in a store.

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Gregg Emerson
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1 hour ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We showed our 4 yr old where to go at our local Walmart. She deliberately snuck off the text trip my wife took to Walmart. My wife panicked then heard we could Steffis mom or dad come to the front counter . There she was,proud as could be that she obeyed and went to the front counter. Of course some rules and explaining was necessary. And the lady at counter said this happens frequently .lol

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Stargazer66
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My daughter did this to me once when she was about 3. She hid in a round clothes rack. Fortunately, I was able to find her quickly. But those few seconds felt like hours. A few years back I was at the grocery store shopping and I noticed a toddler wandering around the produce section by herself. I watched her for a few minutes and there didn't seem to be an adult looking for her. I then approached her and asked her where her mommy was, she couldn't tell me. So I told her we would find her. I took her to the customer service desk and just as they were starting to announce for the mom to come get her child, an obviously distressed woman on the other side of the store came barreling down to customer service. I hope she put the child in the cart from now on or attached a lead to wrist so she couldn't wander off again. This could have ended so badly. That little girl came willingly with me. I could have walked out of the store with he r.

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Robert Webb
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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Chloe *Leah* Pheonix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Got lost in the store one time. Dad was literally in the next isle over. I felt so stupid when I found him.

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Lorelai Purvis
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

when we lose someone in a store after a bathroom break or something, we do marco-polo

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D Gangwere
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We used a harness leash. I have one hand && a child takes up a hand. I got some grief because "you are treating the child like an animal" - until they can eat, dress, clean and otherwise be functional *they are an animal*. Also, I trained him to a whistle. I could take him into a confined area with one controlled exit and let him explore. When I wanted him, I would whistle && he would come running. I am going to remember the hack. Great idea.

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Mary
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also teach your child your name! My mom told me once how I had "lost" her at a party (ofc someone would say it's closed space, people you know, etc, but for a 4yo it's equally terrifying) Instead of calling out "mama" I started wandering around and call out her name. Even a bit mispronounced, people still understood my mom's name.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had a neighbor ask if our son was adopted because he would call me by my name. He also would/will call me Dad.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Happened to me at Bed, Bath & Beyond when my son was 2-3. He was playing hide and go seek in some display racks, and I had JUST started to get nervous when an employee happened by and asked, "Is your child missing?" I confirmed, and she shouted out some code words. The entire place locked down immediately! Employees came out of nowhere to man exit doors, and that was a huge relief as we looked for him. Found him within seconds, thankfully. But I was so impressed with their protocol. Absolutely love that stores do this now.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interesting, I used to work for various shops in the UK, maybe 10-15 years ago now and we would NEVER put anything over the tannoy, except a code to alert other shop assistants. The theory seemed to be that you didn't want strangers to think a child was unaccompanied and make them an easier target to take.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Better to look stupid than be sorry. I agree 100%. Its so frightening when they're out of sight the worst hits you like a ton of bricks and panic sets in. Good job mom for remembering what you learned.

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Pille P
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I almost walked of with a roma woman wearing exactly the same skirt (quite distinct to be honest) as my mom. I don't know what that lady was thinking when I put my hand in her hand after I had just seemingly a breath ago held onto the hand of my mom. She just calmly kept walking away with me holding onto her. (Not forcing or pulling me or anything). Think black friday shopping kind of moment. Luckily I myself somehow noticed and let go and ran back. I think my mom got me immediately without me starting to panic.

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Mike Crow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A small local mall of ours had a large fish tank at the concierge desk. That was our meeting point if we ever got separated.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the other end of things, pay attention to your surroundings and the people in them. If you notice a child who is alone, keep an eye on them- at the very least- and look out for a panicked parent. Or if you see a searching parent, ask if they need a second set of eyes.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I taught my little ones that if a grownup approached them even if it was a policeman that the grownup would have to say a code word that we set up earlier. They wouldn't leave with anyone, not even their aunt, who had to call me because she didn't know the code word! I was so proud of them (they were 6, 7 & 8) that they put this into practice, because even the most alert parents can find themselves in the most horrible of situations.

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Also, teach your kids to call your names when you are in public. Any kid could yell mum or dad, but not many will call YOUR name if they are in any sort of danger.

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My mom lost my brother once in a shop. She sent me and my sister to both sides of the store asking people for a tall 4 year old with a long sleeved blacks and lime dinosaur t shirt with jeans. My mom headed to the resource center with my brother near the front and he was found about 4 minutes later. Apparently he had been crying in a clothing rack, from the next month he was literally glued to my mom not wanting to get lost in the store again.

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Back in the mid to late 70s when my sister an I would walk just over a half mile to an from school together, for some reason she was coming home alone. A man in a car pulled up near her an told her "your mom sent me to bring you home". She said "what's her name?" He didn't know an she yelled "stranger!" An ran into the nearest building an told them. They called the police but he was gone. This was on the min street but a block from the highway ramps to New York or new haven. He would have been gone in two min. She saved herself. But it's always been a what if she didn't when I hear of a child missing. We are both in our 50s now. She still yells a lot too. So teach your kids your name too an to ask the person who sent them. Only mom and dad or older sibling should be in the list that would normally get them. Otherwise a family member needs to pick them up directly in emergencies.

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Colin Mochrie At Its Finest
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it is so scary when kids believe this! And when the person sound more believable. Recently a bunch of kids like 7-8 were walking and someone picked out one kid and the kid went with him and the other kids ran to one of their moms. They got the kid back. I don't think kids that age should be walking around places with bad people out there.

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Martha Meyer
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I saw this happen in Rome once about twenty years ago. Sidewalk was packed in both directions when a woman on the other side from where I was started screaming loudly. Both sides stopped dead in their tracks and we could see the movement in the crowd as her kid was passed back to her along a distance of about ten meters without her ever having to walk a step herself.

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I used to take a full length photo of my child on my phone before every trip out so that I can show( clothes, shoes , hair etc) because my child is disabled. It may seem a bit excessive, but it helps especially as my ex partner told me that our very beautiful mixed race daugther would be a target in asia for the child adoption racket ( or worse organ trafficking), and there had been a number of cases when we lived there.

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Before the insanity of covid, I took my kids (2 and 5) to a fun fair at their school. Imagine a gymnasium packed wall to wall with running, screaming kids and tired looking parents. I'm a single mom so it was one pair of eyes trying to watch 2 pairs of very fast feet. My little one was just starting to find some independence, and his greatest joy in life was to run away from mommy while giggling hysterically. I'm sure you see where this is going. I turn to answer a question from my oldest, toddler wriggles his hand loose from mine and bolts. I spin around to look for him and he is just gone. That fast. My blood turned to ice water. There is no feeling quite so helpless as loosing your child. I put my oldest at one of the game stations with a teacher I recognized. Then I spent what felt like an hour, but was probably just 10 minutes, searching for my 2 year old. Logically I knew he was probably fine. We were in a closed building filled with parents and teachers, which is pretty much...

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the safest place to loose a kid. But the parent of a missing child is not a logical creature and I was frantic. I finally found him in the middle of the gym being entertained by a couple of high school age girls who were running the musical chairs. He was having a blast. I on the other hand, had lost a few good years off my life and was close to tears. Let's just say, I understand now why parents put their toddlers on leashes.

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My kid wandered off at Target a few times when he was 4-6...1) he stopped and then couldn't see where I went cause he was too short (we were in the clothing section) and someone found him hiding scared in a clothes rack 2) some lady found him looking.at Christmas ornaments trying to pick one out for me. ...It really only takes a second to lose sight of them and it can happen.to the best of us.

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Alethia Nyx
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Anyone who's worked in a large enough store for missing kids, how often do parents lose their children? I'm curios to know.

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My mom got separated from my little sister once when said sister was maybe 3 or 4. Mom was looking for her when over the loudspeaker came: "We are looking for a lost mommy by the name of Micki-Shell, we have your daughter at the front of the store." My mother's name is Michelle, but she goes by Micki.

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Attach a small child to you with a rope or anything that will prevent them walking away. Seems like the easiest solution.

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Rick Drew
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Common sense is now a hack. Good god, stop making idiots famous.

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While it's not perfect, I always taught my kids (I had 4 under 6years) to look for "mum with kids" if we ever got separated....

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Jane Dorothy Warner
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I gave my grandsons whistles to blow if they lost sight of me. Worked well.

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My parents used to make me and my sister wear wristbands with their phone numbers on them in case we got lost.

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When my boys were little and we'd go to the zoo or some other place like that, as soon as I got there I would line them up and take their picture. That way (God forbid) if something happened I didn't have to remember what they were wearing because I assumed I'd be freaking out, and I had a really recent picture of them.

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I just had a flashback to third grade, my teacher told us a story about how she found a little girl that was lost in the supermarket, crying and saying "mommy mommy" and things like that. She said that she took her hand and went up to the service desk, saying loudly "It's ok, we are taking you back to your mommy," so people would no she was not trying to take her. I didn't realize why she told us at the time but now it makes sense!

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For the US- Definitely go to an associate and tell them code Adam if your child goes missing in a store. Had this happen a couple times and the child was located within 10 mins. Had one mom that couldn’t even tell what her child was wearing. Take note (color of shoes is a better teller). Heck, take a pic of your child before you shop that day.

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It's important for the kids to have a plan as well. After I once found my daughter hiding under a rack of clothes when she got separated from me I trained my girls to ask for help by looking for some other kid's mommy or daddy and telling them that they were lost. My reason being another parent would be most likely to understand their fear, be nurturing, help them and be least likely to add to the problem by kidnapping them.

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I would be scared out of my mind! I hope I would handle it well though.

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Why I don't have my kids wear clothing w| their name. But I havent thought about the description. When my son was 2, he and his 5 yo sister were in the mall playground with my husband. Mall playgrounds are a place to be very vigilent. Never know if someone is on the 2nd floor looking down and signalling to someone. So we would go and watch them like hawk, standing at the door as both kids have tried to escape before. My son is and was notorious for just walking off. Walking away interested him more than a playground. So they were there and I guess he was talking to my daughter for a moment (I don't doubt he was on his phone as well and ommited that from me) when he couldn't find our son in the play area. He STUPIDLY left our daughter in the play area and a kid told him he saw our son go down toward the animal rides. My husband went down there, like 100 feet away. Came back and son was walking back into play area. NOBODY PAID ATTENTION! I always play keeper for all kids at that gate.

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Continued: If a small kids left I would look for a following grow up and then talk to the child and say go back in. I would be careful not to physically guide back or pick up unless it was evident nonparent was getting their child and child was not re-entering. But many people are oblivious or scared. I have been a full-day childcare director, school-age director, and all the jobs below for 20 years, it is my nature. One time at an indoor playground a grown up did not return for a good minute, then had no care 1.5 year old toddled away. Granted she was still inside a building with other parents (since you can't just walk in) she is pretty small and if you're expecting her in the playzone and she is somewhere else it is scary. I told him, and told my staff when I worked with kids, you get to their level and look them in the eye to show interest, then scan the area to the other kids on your watch as the child is talking. They can be long winded-need to know what is happening around

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So simple but I wouldn't have thought of this, panic sets in and the most I think I did was shout their names? Thank you for sharing this, every parent should be told!!

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I get nervous just SAYING my kids names out loud in public. I thought about only nicknames or initials but it wasn't natural and I never did it.

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I used to work customer service at a department store and at least once a month, the same woman would come up to the desk in a panic saying she couldn’t find her daughter and could I page her over the intercom. Her daughter’s name was literally Penny Nickles. I got the impression mom just thought that name was so clever she wanted everyone to hear it so she “lost” her kid on purpose, lol.

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also, a very easy way to teach children their phone number. I did this with all of my classes starting at 3 years old on. to the tune of hot cross buns: "my name's Tina/ and I'm lost / please call my mommy so she can come/ 800 555 1234 please call mom

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these are great if you are going to a crowded place. Amusement park, Etc. They are waterproof and your information goes on a little slip that is inside the bracelet, so other people can only get your information by opening the bracelet https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01MDMISS4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_3ZYCJ9QEPAWS3TV85JW1

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(hit send before I meant to) I had these for my kids and they are great for peace of mind. Luckily, my kids didn't give me a problem about wearing them once I explained that it was for their safety and that if they get separated from me or dad, to find an adult they trust

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Thank God she found her kid. That's so scary. I can't understand why anyone would try to steal a child. That is so beyond messed up!

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This is why supermarkets have loud PA systems for this very reason! As many of us throughout the recent history of supermarkets have had to do - go and ask at the service desk for an announcement to be broadcast and they will do promptly and repeat it ! Welcome to the world of motherhood way more things will happen then this !!! You are not the first one to loose your child and this is not some unique life hack that people need to learn !! It should be intrinsic common sense

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Or just keep your kid locked in the house until they're 18.

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Mike Crow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An teacher of mine taught us a life hack, take a picture of your children just before you go into a crowded place like an amusement park. So if your child goes missing and you panic and can’t recall what they are wearing you have the most current photo of them to show people (and remember yourself).

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Downvote monster is going to town on this reply section. I see 0 things here worth downvoting, so what happened?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was paying in a newsagent and between getting my wallet out of my bag I looked back and my 3 year older was gone. It was a strip mall. We frequently went there. At first I wanted to check the other shops but thought if I stayed in the centre I'd be more likely to find him. Just like the post I kept calling him and shouting loudly what he was wearing a little boy, brown coat, blue helmet. A couple of minutes in a lady said she had seen him crossing the road. I ran in the direction and could see him in the distance with two women. I ran to him. The woman he was next to was also in the newsagents and he had followed her out as she was of similar build and hair color to mine. I was so glad to find him. But it was terrifying.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People knock the whole "leash" thing but it can happen in a second! So happy you found him

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely remember playing an impromptu and unannounced game of hide and seek with my mom in a department store by hiding in the middle of a clothing rack. Scared the living daylights out of her. When you're that little, the danger you could be in or the fear you could cause doesn't really compute. You're just playing.

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My daughter LOVED the clothing racks. I let her in the one I was at, and she had to move along with me, and she was not to mess with the clothes. She was allowed to go down empty aisles as long as we were talking with each other or she was singing but had an end point not around a corner as to not run into people and such. Once she got too silly and pulled her pants down. Oh boy. I was next to her and was grabbing food, caught the tail end. She is a ham to the video cameras, always dancing for them. But she was always had rules to follow. She had to touch the cart or sit in it. Once, 8 mo pregnant she (3) was fine and I was finishing up at the register and she walked off. I did not even know at the time if I took my card back & just followed her. She ignored me & I couldn't catch up. She got to the first of the double doors and I realized she was too far so I left the cart and caught up (running was difficult at that stage for me) and stuck her in the seat kicking & screaming.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate it when people shame moms for this kind of thing. Kids are unpredictable. I am the best aunt that has ever walked the face of the earth and that did not stop my 6 year old nephew from dashing down an aisle to look at comic books while I was looking for vanilla sugar.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed. The person who couldn’t understand how you can’t know where your two-year-old is has never been shopping with multiple children under five at the same time.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When we go anywhere I slip a Tile in her pocket, it tracks her by GPS (up to 4-500 feet away), and if she gets more than 50 feet from me it pings my phone. They're about $30 but I've had it for 4 years and it's great.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was leaving the mall food court with my two young kids when I noticed I now had three kids as a five year old boy had joined us. I stopped him from walking out into the busy parking lot and couldn’t see anyone else around. So I took him back into the food court where he walked up to his parents who were eating. They never even knew he was gone.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

if this "article" demonstrates at least one thing is the sheer amount of toxic vote brigading that goes on in BP... if you disagree then fine disagree, but when you decide to censor by vote brigading then that just shows you have bigger problems in your life.. BP has become an echo chamber of ignorance.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always told my kids, if we were in a public space, to yell my first name instead of Mom, since there are so many moms at the park and public pool, it will make those of us focus more quickly on who's child needs them.

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amaryllis
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

40 years ago I had a friend who would fo this, very loudly. As her 2 boys got older they were so embarrassed by it that they never strayed in a store.

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1 hour ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We showed our 4 yr old where to go at our local Walmart. She deliberately snuck off the text trip my wife took to Walmart. My wife panicked then heard we could Steffis mom or dad come to the front counter . There she was,proud as could be that she obeyed and went to the front counter. Of course some rules and explaining was necessary. And the lady at counter said this happens frequently .lol

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My daughter did this to me once when she was about 3. She hid in a round clothes rack. Fortunately, I was able to find her quickly. But those few seconds felt like hours. A few years back I was at the grocery store shopping and I noticed a toddler wandering around the produce section by herself. I watched her for a few minutes and there didn't seem to be an adult looking for her. I then approached her and asked her where her mommy was, she couldn't tell me. So I told her we would find her. I took her to the customer service desk and just as they were starting to announce for the mom to come get her child, an obviously distressed woman on the other side of the store came barreling down to customer service. I hope she put the child in the cart from now on or attached a lead to wrist so she couldn't wander off again. This could have ended so badly. That little girl came willingly with me. I could have walked out of the store with he r.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Got lost in the store one time. Dad was literally in the next isle over. I felt so stupid when I found him.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

when we lose someone in a store after a bathroom break or something, we do marco-polo

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We used a harness leash. I have one hand && a child takes up a hand. I got some grief because "you are treating the child like an animal" - until they can eat, dress, clean and otherwise be functional *they are an animal*. Also, I trained him to a whistle. I could take him into a confined area with one controlled exit and let him explore. When I wanted him, I would whistle && he would come running. I am going to remember the hack. Great idea.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also teach your child your name! My mom told me once how I had "lost" her at a party (ofc someone would say it's closed space, people you know, etc, but for a 4yo it's equally terrifying) Instead of calling out "mama" I started wandering around and call out her name. Even a bit mispronounced, people still understood my mom's name.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had a neighbor ask if our son was adopted because he would call me by my name. He also would/will call me Dad.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Happened to me at Bed, Bath & Beyond when my son was 2-3. He was playing hide and go seek in some display racks, and I had JUST started to get nervous when an employee happened by and asked, "Is your child missing?" I confirmed, and she shouted out some code words. The entire place locked down immediately! Employees came out of nowhere to man exit doors, and that was a huge relief as we looked for him. Found him within seconds, thankfully. But I was so impressed with their protocol. Absolutely love that stores do this now.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interesting, I used to work for various shops in the UK, maybe 10-15 years ago now and we would NEVER put anything over the tannoy, except a code to alert other shop assistants. The theory seemed to be that you didn't want strangers to think a child was unaccompanied and make them an easier target to take.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Better to look stupid than be sorry. I agree 100%. Its so frightening when they're out of sight the worst hits you like a ton of bricks and panic sets in. Good job mom for remembering what you learned.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I almost walked of with a roma woman wearing exactly the same skirt (quite distinct to be honest) as my mom. I don't know what that lady was thinking when I put my hand in her hand after I had just seemingly a breath ago held onto the hand of my mom. She just calmly kept walking away with me holding onto her. (Not forcing or pulling me or anything). Think black friday shopping kind of moment. Luckily I myself somehow noticed and let go and ran back. I think my mom got me immediately without me starting to panic.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A small local mall of ours had a large fish tank at the concierge desk. That was our meeting point if we ever got separated.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the other end of things, pay attention to your surroundings and the people in them. If you notice a child who is alone, keep an eye on them- at the very least- and look out for a panicked parent. Or if you see a searching parent, ask if they need a second set of eyes.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I taught my little ones that if a grownup approached them even if it was a policeman that the grownup would have to say a code word that we set up earlier. They wouldn't leave with anyone, not even their aunt, who had to call me because she didn't know the code word! I was so proud of them (they were 6, 7 & 8) that they put this into practice, because even the most alert parents can find themselves in the most horrible of situations.

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Also, teach your kids to call your names when you are in public. Any kid could yell mum or dad, but not many will call YOUR name if they are in any sort of danger.

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My mom lost my brother once in a shop. She sent me and my sister to both sides of the store asking people for a tall 4 year old with a long sleeved blacks and lime dinosaur t shirt with jeans. My mom headed to the resource center with my brother near the front and he was found about 4 minutes later. Apparently he had been crying in a clothing rack, from the next month he was literally glued to my mom not wanting to get lost in the store again.

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Back in the mid to late 70s when my sister an I would walk just over a half mile to an from school together, for some reason she was coming home alone. A man in a car pulled up near her an told her "your mom sent me to bring you home". She said "what's her name?" He didn't know an she yelled "stranger!" An ran into the nearest building an told them. They called the police but he was gone. This was on the min street but a block from the highway ramps to New York or new haven. He would have been gone in two min. She saved herself. But it's always been a what if she didn't when I hear of a child missing. We are both in our 50s now. She still yells a lot too. So teach your kids your name too an to ask the person who sent them. Only mom and dad or older sibling should be in the list that would normally get them. Otherwise a family member needs to pick them up directly in emergencies.

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it is so scary when kids believe this! And when the person sound more believable. Recently a bunch of kids like 7-8 were walking and someone picked out one kid and the kid went with him and the other kids ran to one of their moms. They got the kid back. I don't think kids that age should be walking around places with bad people out there.

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I saw this happen in Rome once about twenty years ago. Sidewalk was packed in both directions when a woman on the other side from where I was started screaming loudly. Both sides stopped dead in their tracks and we could see the movement in the crowd as her kid was passed back to her along a distance of about ten meters without her ever having to walk a step herself.

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I used to take a full length photo of my child on my phone before every trip out so that I can show( clothes, shoes , hair etc) because my child is disabled. It may seem a bit excessive, but it helps especially as my ex partner told me that our very beautiful mixed race daugther would be a target in asia for the child adoption racket ( or worse organ trafficking), and there had been a number of cases when we lived there.

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Before the insanity of covid, I took my kids (2 and 5) to a fun fair at their school. Imagine a gymnasium packed wall to wall with running, screaming kids and tired looking parents. I'm a single mom so it was one pair of eyes trying to watch 2 pairs of very fast feet. My little one was just starting to find some independence, and his greatest joy in life was to run away from mommy while giggling hysterically. I'm sure you see where this is going. I turn to answer a question from my oldest, toddler wriggles his hand loose from mine and bolts. I spin around to look for him and he is just gone. That fast. My blood turned to ice water. There is no feeling quite so helpless as loosing your child. I put my oldest at one of the game stations with a teacher I recognized. Then I spent what felt like an hour, but was probably just 10 minutes, searching for my 2 year old. Logically I knew he was probably fine. We were in a closed building filled with parents and teachers, which is pretty much...

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the safest place to loose a kid. But the parent of a missing child is not a logical creature and I was frantic. I finally found him in the middle of the gym being entertained by a couple of high school age girls who were running the musical chairs. He was having a blast. I on the other hand, had lost a few good years off my life and was close to tears. Let's just say, I understand now why parents put their toddlers on leashes.

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My kid wandered off at Target a few times when he was 4-6...1) he stopped and then couldn't see where I went cause he was too short (we were in the clothing section) and someone found him hiding scared in a clothes rack 2) some lady found him looking.at Christmas ornaments trying to pick one out for me. ...It really only takes a second to lose sight of them and it can happen.to the best of us.

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Anyone who's worked in a large enough store for missing kids, how often do parents lose their children? I'm curios to know.

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My mom got separated from my little sister once when said sister was maybe 3 or 4. Mom was looking for her when over the loudspeaker came: "We are looking for a lost mommy by the name of Micki-Shell, we have your daughter at the front of the store." My mother's name is Michelle, but she goes by Micki.

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Attach a small child to you with a rope or anything that will prevent them walking away. Seems like the easiest solution.

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Common sense is now a hack. Good god, stop making idiots famous.

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While it's not perfect, I always taught my kids (I had 4 under 6years) to look for "mum with kids" if we ever got separated....

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I gave my grandsons whistles to blow if they lost sight of me. Worked well.

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My parents used to make me and my sister wear wristbands with their phone numbers on them in case we got lost.

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When my boys were little and we'd go to the zoo or some other place like that, as soon as I got there I would line them up and take their picture. That way (God forbid) if something happened I didn't have to remember what they were wearing because I assumed I'd be freaking out, and I had a really recent picture of them.

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I just had a flashback to third grade, my teacher told us a story about how she found a little girl that was lost in the supermarket, crying and saying "mommy mommy" and things like that. She said that she took her hand and went up to the service desk, saying loudly "It's ok, we are taking you back to your mommy," so people would no she was not trying to take her. I didn't realize why she told us at the time but now it makes sense!

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For the US- Definitely go to an associate and tell them code Adam if your child goes missing in a store. Had this happen a couple times and the child was located within 10 mins. Had one mom that couldn’t even tell what her child was wearing. Take note (color of shoes is a better teller). Heck, take a pic of your child before you shop that day.

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It's important for the kids to have a plan as well. After I once found my daughter hiding under a rack of clothes when she got separated from me I trained my girls to ask for help by looking for some other kid's mommy or daddy and telling them that they were lost. My reason being another parent would be most likely to understand their fear, be nurturing, help them and be least likely to add to the problem by kidnapping them.

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I would be scared out of my mind! I hope I would handle it well though.

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Why I don't have my kids wear clothing w| their name. But I havent thought about the description. When my son was 2, he and his 5 yo sister were in the mall playground with my husband. Mall playgrounds are a place to be very vigilent. Never know if someone is on the 2nd floor looking down and signalling to someone. So we would go and watch them like hawk, standing at the door as both kids have tried to escape before. My son is and was notorious for just walking off. Walking away interested him more than a playground. So they were there and I guess he was talking to my daughter for a moment (I don't doubt he was on his phone as well and ommited that from me) when he couldn't find our son in the play area. He STUPIDLY left our daughter in the play area and a kid told him he saw our son go down toward the animal rides. My husband went down there, like 100 feet away. Came back and son was walking back into play area. NOBODY PAID ATTENTION! I always play keeper for all kids at that gate.

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Continued: If a small kids left I would look for a following grow up and then talk to the child and say go back in. I would be careful not to physically guide back or pick up unless it was evident nonparent was getting their child and child was not re-entering. But many people are oblivious or scared. I have been a full-day childcare director, school-age director, and all the jobs below for 20 years, it is my nature. One time at an indoor playground a grown up did not return for a good minute, then had no care 1.5 year old toddled away. Granted she was still inside a building with other parents (since you can't just walk in) she is pretty small and if you're expecting her in the playzone and she is somewhere else it is scary. I told him, and told my staff when I worked with kids, you get to their level and look them in the eye to show interest, then scan the area to the other kids on your watch as the child is talking. They can be long winded-need to know what is happening around

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So simple but I wouldn't have thought of this, panic sets in and the most I think I did was shout their names? Thank you for sharing this, every parent should be told!!

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I get nervous just SAYING my kids names out loud in public. I thought about only nicknames or initials but it wasn't natural and I never did it.

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I used to work customer service at a department store and at least once a month, the same woman would come up to the desk in a panic saying she couldn’t find her daughter and could I page her over the intercom. Her daughter’s name was literally Penny Nickles. I got the impression mom just thought that name was so clever she wanted everyone to hear it so she “lost” her kid on purpose, lol.

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also, a very easy way to teach children their phone number. I did this with all of my classes starting at 3 years old on. to the tune of hot cross buns: "my name's Tina/ and I'm lost / please call my mommy so she can come/ 800 555 1234 please call mom

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these are great if you are going to a crowded place. Amusement park, Etc. They are waterproof and your information goes on a little slip that is inside the bracelet, so other people can only get your information by opening the bracelet https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01MDMISS4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_3ZYCJ9QEPAWS3TV85JW1

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(hit send before I meant to) I had these for my kids and they are great for peace of mind. Luckily, my kids didn't give me a problem about wearing them once I explained that it was for their safety and that if they get separated from me or dad, to find an adult they trust

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Thank God she found her kid. That's so scary. I can't understand why anyone would try to steal a child. That is so beyond messed up!

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This is why supermarkets have loud PA systems for this very reason! As many of us throughout the recent history of supermarkets have had to do - go and ask at the service desk for an announcement to be broadcast and they will do promptly and repeat it ! Welcome to the world of motherhood way more things will happen then this !!! You are not the first one to loose your child and this is not some unique life hack that people need to learn !! It should be intrinsic common sense

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Or just keep your kid locked in the house until they're 18.

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