A mum has explained a simple and effective ‘looking loudly’ technique to use when a child goes missing in a crowded space.
Jessica Lynn, who is a mum to three boys, took to TikTok to share with her 357,800 followers the video that she revealed has ‘saved kids’ and urged that ‘every parent should hear it’.
The mum of three revealed how parents should start ‘looking loudly’ if their child goes missing in a shop, amusement park or other crowded space.
She said: “If God forbid they ever do go missing, because remember that these things happen to the best parents, you want to start loudly looking for your child. Do not start silently looking for your child.
(Image: @jesmartini/TikTok)
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“It is going to look like this: your child goes missing and you are going to start yelling: ‘I am looking for a boy, age five, brown hair, brown eyes, caucasian, red Nike t-shirt, black shorts, black shoes.
She added: “You are going to keep repeating that loudly over and over again as you look. Our instinct is to start quietly looking for our kid but we want as many people to start looking for that kid because best case scenario somebody sees your kid and knows to bring that child back to you.”
Jessica explained: “Worst case scenario somebody is walking away with your kid and they are much more likely to let them go because they don’t want that kind of commotion around. They know that everybody in the place is looking for that child.
The ‘building up parents’ influencer also shared a number of other tips with her followers in order to keep children safe including taking photographs and bright colours.
(Image: @jesmartini/TikTok)
The social media star added: “First thing you want to do is dress your child in bright colours and if you are with a big group like say you are going to the zoo, mall or Disney, try to dress your kids in bright colours similar to each other.
“Also before you enter the place you want to get a picture of the child and what they are wearing and make sure that the picture includes their shoes.”
She explained: “Recently I was at a play place and there were three brothers dresses in neon pink and the entire time all I could focus on were those three brothers because they stood out so much.
The mum of three added: “You can also write your phone number on your child somewhere or get one of those bands that gives your name and number. Do not ever put your child’s name on anything.”
