Illinois state police have introduced “CHAD” or “Children Have An Identity” stickers which fit on a child safety seat or under a bicycle seat after a 13-month old boy named Chad was involved in an auto accident with his babysitter. The babysitter was killed in the crash and the boy could not be quickly identified. His injuries were untreated for an hour until a family friend happened to walk by his hospital gurney.
The stickers give basic identification and emergency contact information and can also give important information such as allergies to medications.
The Southern Illinoisan
Illinois State Trooper J. D. Murphy said an identification tool promoted by state police is a CHAD - Children Have An Identity - sticker. The stickers are meant to put on the back of a child safety seat, but also fit underneath a bicycle seat and are appropriate for adults as well.
“Unfortunately, we get a lot of our innovative ideas when something bad happens,” Murphy said.
The CHAD stickers were introduced after a boy named Chad was involved in a vehicle accident with a babysitter and could not be immediately identified.
More information on identification and emergency contact programs at this site.
A new report from Canada shows almost 4 out of 5 kids ages 8 to 12 use the internet for schoolwork. With the schools pushing children onto computers and the internet at younger ages, parents must be educated to the real dangers as well as the hype.
Elementary School Children Increasingly Rely on Internet for Homework : ArriveNet Press Releases : Business
According to the second annual Back-to-School survey commissioned by AOL Canada Inc. and conducted by Maritz Research, 78 per cent of Canadian children from ages 8 to 12 claimed they use the Internet to get help with homework and research for school projects.
radKIDS is a program is a safety program to help children protect themselves against violence that goes way beyond the trite and practically useless “don’t talk to strangers” strategy. One graduate of the program, Candy, managed to escape an attacker by fighting her way free. Attackers rely on kids to cooperate simply because they are adults.
radKIDS: Children’s Safety Education
The radKIDS Program is providing children with hope, options, and practical skills to RECOGNIZE, AVOID, and, if necessary, ESCAPE violence and abuse.
The radKIDS program teaches many topics including:
- Safety in the home and vehicle safety
- School safety, including bullying
- “Out-and-about safety,” including water- and pedestrian-safety education
- Realistic defense against abduction
- Good, bad and uncomfortable touch
- Stranger Tricks, including physical defense against abduction
- Self-realization of personal power
