{"id":89080,"date":"2015-05-14T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/89080\/how-easy-is-it-to-abduct-your-child\/"},"modified":"2015-05-14T09:12:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T07:12:53","slug":"how-easy-is-it-to-abduct-your-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/05\/14\/how-easy-is-it-to-abduct-your-child\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: How easy is it to abduct your child?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a frightening new video which went viral recently of a social experiment carried out by an American man in a playground.<\/p>\n<p>He sets out to see just how easy it is for a stranger to get a young child to go with him.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>His main prop is his cute fluffy white dog.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CHILD ABDUCTION (Social Experiment)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gGIDHrYKJ2s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The results are pretty chilling and it\u2019s a must watch for all parents.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s sure to prompt a conversation with your child about talking to strangers &#8211; even those with cute dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Theunis Kotze, ADT general manager inland region, said the frightening thing is that in all the experiments, each mom was confident she had warned her child never to talk to a stranger and yet not only did they talk to the stranger with his dog, but they actually walked off with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile parents do share safety tips with their children, they don\u2019t necessarily advise them about the various vices that can be employed to win their trust,\u201d said Kotze.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some golden rules outlined by one of the most recognised safety experts in the world, Bob Stuber:<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Don\u2019t use the word stranger:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Using the word stranger confuses children.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, children think a stranger is somebody they can smell before they can even see.<\/p>\n<p>They can spot this guy. He\u2019s hideous.<\/p>\n<p>But as we know from the video, that is not always the case.<\/p>\n<p>A stranger can look like a normal person to a child.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Be smart, not scared:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Give children specific examples of how to react when approached by a potential predator.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re scared and you respond out of fear, you respond in a predictable manner.<\/p>\n<p>Paedophiles know it and they love it.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how they want you.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re smart, you\u2019re not predictable.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Learn to spot dangerous actions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve got to teach children to look at actions, not at people.<\/p>\n<p>Children cannot discern if a person is good or bad by their appearance. It\u2019s impossible.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if a car drives past you and the person smiles and continues to drive, that\u2019s OK. If the person pulls over and tries to get a child to come to the car, that\u2019s a dangerous action.<\/p>\n<p>If a child is approached by a person in a car, he or she should immediately walk in the direction that is opposite of the way the car is facing, which makes it more difficult to follow the child.<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Rules change when a child is in danger:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Children need to know that they do not need to display normal acceptable behaviour when they\u2019re in trouble; they can act out and start screaming or throwing things around.<\/p>\n<p>If a child is in a store for example and somebody tried to grab him\/her out of a store, he needs to know, \u201cI can knock anything off this shelf to get attention\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Kotze reminded parents that children are not afraid to talk about this topic.<\/p>\n<p>What they\u2019re afraid of is silence, then they make up their own scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>Parents need to speak with their children often, not just once a year.<\/p>\n<p>Schools also need to talk to their students regularly.<\/p>\n<p>ADT sponsors a very effective, fun and educational safety show for pre-primary and primary school children using \u201cMr ADT\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Mr ADT show and how you can book it for your school, email Tamryn Salemink on tcarr.za@adt.co.za.<\/p>\n<p>Other crime articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/88908\/local-family-overpowered-and-tied-up-during-robbery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Local family overpowered and tied up during robbery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/88868\/two-men-on-the-run-after-armed-robbery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Two men on the run after armed robbery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='721dcfb6657571c18560ba98d9902a3e'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four important safety tips for children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":89081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[7377,2650,977,989,969,1711,2734,3036],"class_list":["post-89080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-adbuction","tag-adt","tag-children","tag-crime","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-germsiton","tag-melissa-hart","tag-safety-tips"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["adbuction","adt","children","crime","germiston city news","germsiton","melissa hart","safety tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}