| A child distance monitor is an electronic transmitter and | | | | 800,000. The Amber Alert Registry reports it to be |
| receiver set that lets you know when your child | | | | one child lost every forty seconds. The majority of |
| moves farther away from you than the set distance. | | | | these children are under seven with two year olds |
| The purpose of this devise is to prevent children from | | | | being at the greatest risk. Admittedly not all of these |
| becoming lost by simply wandering away from their | | | | children were under their parents' watchful eye when |
| parents when they're not looking. With the amazingly | | | | they were lost but it could realistically be as many as |
| high numbers of children being lost every year there's | | | | half of them that were. Children wearing a child |
| no questioning the need to keep our children close at | | | | distance monitor have a far lesser chance of being |
| hand. Still, the need for awareness remains so great | | | | missed by that watchful eye. Preventing your child |
| that May 25th has been designated National Missing | | | | from getting too far away will always be a parent's |
| Children's Day. | | | | best defense. |
| Almost every parent, including this author, has had at | | | | Even with the greatest of efforts and care our children |
| least one occasion when they were momentarily | | | | can still get away from us and there are measures |
| distracted from their children, turned back around and | | | | we can take to help in this event. Some parents feel |
| did not immediately know where their child was. These | | | | that it's a good idea to have their children wear ID tags |
| same parents have experienced that very particular | | | | because many young children cannot remember their |
| type of panic that accompanies this situation. Whether | | | | address or phone number. Their reasoning is that if |
| in a playground, on a busy street, in a store or | | | | anyone should find the child they will know right away |
| elsewhere, it doesn't take long for a child to gain | | | | who they are and who to return them to. Only two |
| distance from their parent or caretaker. With the help | | | | percent of children currently wear ID tags of one sort |
| of modern technology, the child distance monitor was | | | | or another. Also, The Amber Alert system has been in |
| created to let a parent or caretaker know the moment | | | | existence for some time now and there is an Amber |
| the child gets outside their comfort zone, in terms of | | | | Alert Registry which can expedite information about |
| distance. A child distance monitor can save your child | | | | your child to law enforcement agencies. Having your |
| from becoming part of the following statistics. | | | | child wear a child distance monitor will help to make |
| Estimates reported by some sources say that more | | | | sure that you never have a need to make use of |
| than 700,000 children are lost each year. Other | | | | these further safeguards. |
| sources say that this number could be higher than | | | | |