Guard a Kid

One of the most precious things in life is our children.  Every day, thousands of children are reported missing, as statistics say it is every 40 seconds.  Some of these tragic reports turn out to be kidnappings, as incidents of violence against children are on the rise.  Parents sometimes take for granted that one of the easiest ways to ensure their child’s safety is with proper child identification cards.

The National Child Identification Program was created in part to teach parents the proper channels for child safety, and highly recommends using kits to create child identification cards.  Through a simple process, parents create a set of ten fingerprints that are applied to a card, along with a clear, current photo, contact information, and a physical description.  This information can be immediately given to law officials in case of emergency and increase the response time to a crucial situation.

Child identification cards are easy to create, and should be updated each year as the child changes.  Parents are urged to not wait until school age is upon them and be proactive with the cards starting at birth.  The harsh reality is that situations can arise at any time, and being able to provide this information at a moment’s notice helps law enforcement as well as missing child agencies react with more thorough information.  The ID card can come in handy for a variety of reasons in addition to criminal situations:  if the child becomes lost while traveling, if there is an accident or injury, or if there has been a natural occurrence such as a storm or earthquake that separates the child from family.

The simple steps for making a child identification card make it easy for parents to ensure their child’s safety.  Knowing that fingerprints are one of the most reliable ways to identify a child, other than DNA, make these cards extremely viable.  Many kits take this information one step further by being able to save it digitally on a CD ROM, so that the images can be sent electronically to any law enforcement agency within seconds.  Child identification cards are one step in keeping your child safer with the most up to date information in case of any emergency.