A secret password between parents and children is a good idea when combined with other measures.

A secret password between parents and children

A sharepic explains the idea of ​​a secret password that the child should request when spoken to by strangers.
The “family password” should be combined with other measures.

It's about the following sharepic that is currently circulating on Facebook:

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To all parents! - Please share!

An 8-year-old boy was approached by a strange man and told him to come with him immediately, that something had happened and his mother had said to get him.

The boy then asked for the PASSWORD! The boy took advantage of the stranger's confusion to run away. He had actually agreed on a PASSWORD with his mother in case she ever sent someone.

Maybe that saved the boy's life. So SIMPLE – so SIMPLE.

Please also make up a PASSWORD with your children. Maybe it will make the world a little safer for your children.

To the sharepic

The sharepic first appeared in 2016. ( we reported )

The concept of a family password is an excellent idea that can be used correctly and safely in conjunction with other measures. Below you will receive recommendations from the police that will help protect your child in combination with the family password:

Note: The police recommendations are based on experience that enlightened, informed and self-confident children are at lower risk of becoming victims.

  • Expressly allow your child to say “no” if something seems “weird”, if they feel uncomfortable or if they think they are in danger. The message is: “No one can ask you to do something you don’t want!”
  • Take time to talk to your child about their daily routine, their worries and needs. Perpetrators often prepare their actions and a small observation of your child or a “weird” feeling could be important in recognizing preparations and warding off further action.
  • Practice with your child how to behave in small role plays. They are “what if” games.
  • Don't warn about strangers, but about actions. Children often don’t know what to do with the adult term “foreign”. For children, someone who introduces themselves by name or addresses the child by their name (“He knows me”) is no longer a stranger.
  • Practice with your child how to behave in threatening situations. They should run away, talk to other adults, ask for help or even scream loudly for help.
  • Encourage your child to ask for help when they need help.

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  • Talk to your child about where and from whom they can get help in an emergency.
  • Create “life rafts” for your child.
    These can be shops, gas stations, bars or similar along the way. In the Paderborn district there are also over 500 public contact points for children in the “Help Points for Kids” project: www.hilfepunkt-fuer-kids.de
  • Your child should know the emergency number 110. Explain to your child that if they are in danger, they can call the police from any public phone booth without money, without a phone card and with any cell phone.
  • You should know where and with whom your child spends their free time.
  • Determine paths and places with your child where he or she is allowed to spend time.
  • Encourage your child to be punctual. Make arrangements! Also stick to the agreements you have made yourself, because the child learns “from the model”! Explain to the child where you are going and when you will return. A child needs to know where to reach you.
  • If possible, your child should go to school in groups with other children and, for example, spend time in playgrounds.
  • Decide with your child who can pick them up from school or kindergarten and who they can go with. This should only be a maximum of three to four trusted people. The rule applies: “Only go with these people and with no one else!”
  • Children should practice keeping their distance from vehicles, for example when asked for directions. You should not get close to a vehicle.

In acute cases

Tips for behavior if your child reports an incident in which they were approached and even harassed by a stranger:

  • Make an effort to remain calm.
  • Let your child know that they are safe with you.
  • Reassure the child that confiding in you was the right thing to do.
  • Believe your child.
  • Listen carefully to your child's description without probing.

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  • Let your child report in their own words and don't put answers in their mouth.
  • Don’t make any accusations (…but I’ve told you a hundred times not to do that……….).
  • In acute situations, call the police immediately on 110 so that further measures can be taken quickly.
  • You should also inform the police if the crime happened a few hours ago.
  • The police always take your report seriously. This requires detailed information from your child about the circumstances of the crime and the description of the perpetrator.

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