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Executive Editor of OC Family and Inland Empire Family, Kimberly Porazzo, did a wonderful video podcast about our child safety service InstantAmber. Kimberly created the video podcast following her audio podcast interview of InstantAmber CEO Matt Berman where they discuss the importantance of our service to parents.

On February 9th, 2009, Five year old Haleigh Cummings disappeared from her trailer home in the middle of the night. The next morning, dozens of law enforcement personnel combed the woods adjacent to her home, looking for any signs of the missing child. Days

The Smart case proved to be one of the most exhaustive searches for a missing child ever implemented. Suspect after suspect was, held, interrogated, and arraigned with leads going nowhere.

Another true story of a child abduction...

In November 2001, Lois Smart met a clean and well kept homeless man on the streets of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The man called himself "Emmanuel" and claimed his calling was to be a minister to the homeless. Feeling a sense of sympathy for him, Lois Smart invited him to her home to do odd jobs.

Good to know!

One of the challenges of being a responsible parent is to teach your child to be cautious without filling them with fear and anxiety. Dangers do exist, and the more aware your children are of them, the safer they will be.

In the thirteen years since the disappearance of Amber Hagerman, authorities have put in place a national alert system designed to disseminate information about abductees as well as their suspected abductors across the entire nation- making it far easier to locate and safely return missing children.

Polly Klaas was kidnapped at knife point from her mother's home during a slumber party in Petaluma, California on October 1, 1993.

Meeville™ and The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-phone Communication have joined forces to provide parents with the best possible tools and information to keep parents up to date and to help them proactively protect their children while using the computer.

Great article! Very informative but precise. A must read.

By: Pattie Fitzgerald, Founder of Safely Ever After, Inc. Summertime… and the livin' is easy… Isn't that how the song goes? Why then, does it seem like summertime is sometimes even more hectic than our school days: the vacations, camps, endless backyard bar-b-ques, swim parties, and outings! With all this running around, travel and daytrips how do we make sure our kids stay safe - especially when we aren't always around keeping a watchful eye?

InstantAmber was proud to attend the 2009 Youth Expo in Costa Mesa, CA on April 18-19. InstantAmber attended the event with a non-profit partner, KinderVision, which is the nation's oldest and largest child safety education program.

Are You Stupid? If you take or post any picture, video, or text message on a cell phone, computer, or web cam that would make your parents, friends, or co-workers upset than YES YOU ARE STUPID! Why? Because in case you haven't realized it by now, there

Learn more about The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication, their acclaimed "Sexting Is Stupid" Program and their concept of "Responsibility 2.1C"

Missing children isn't an epidemic solely focused on America, but extends globally. Many countries aren't fully equipped on the law enforcement front to properly aid in the search for missing children. China however has made a stride in the right direction and is now implementing a DNA database to help look for missing children. China has a real issue with child trafficking, children being stolen and sold on the black market.

3 yr old Briant Rodriguez was abducted from his home 48 hours ago at gunpoint. Abductors were thin, light-skinned Latinos. One is about 18 years old, 5 feet, 8 inches tall and was wearing blue jeans, a green T-shirt and a black baseball cap. Another about 24 years old, 5 feet, 10 inches tall and was wearing a black shirt, black pants, boots and a white bandanna. Briant is 3 feet tall, 40 pounds, with brown, curly hair. Last seen wearing a yellow shirt, blue sleeves, blue striped shorts/sandals.

There are several child safety products that seek to help authorities identify your child in the case of their abduction. From DNA kits to ID Cards and USB drives, many experts agree that in the case your child goes missing, these kits could be crucial to recovering your son or daughter.

While on holiday with her parents and twin siblings in southern Portugal, Madeleine McCann went missing from an apartment in the middle of the Praia da Luz resort. Initial investigations by the Policia Judiciaria concluded that the girl had been abducted. From that moment, Portuguese police began a nationwide manhunt. They carried out a search with sniffer dogs, examined photographs taken by vacationers, and searched the coast including area caves to see if any suspects could be identified. None were found. On June 17th, the Policia Judiciaria noted that the presence of so many people in the McCann's apartment may have destroyed all the evidence and could have proved fatal to the case.