Child Safety

A Parent’s Guide To Child Safety

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The Richard Hackworth Organization American Dragon Martial Arts Academies - America’s #1 Martial Arts Family Centers. Don’t Settle For Less!

The data on abducted children contained in this report is taken from The Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrown-away Children, known as NISMART-2, funded under a grant from the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. We are grateful to Heather Hammer, Ph.D., Temple University Institute for Survey Research, Principal Investigator of NISMART-2, David Finkelhor, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, Crimes Against Children Research Center, and Andrea J. Sedlak, Ph.D., and Dana J. Schultz, M.P.P., Westat, Inc., for performing this special analysis.

Dear Parents,

As a father my goal in providing this information is to help every parent ensure the safety of their children. Every home and school should teach children about safety and protection measures. As parents, you should take an active interest in your children and listen to them. Teach your children that they can be assertive in order to protect themselves against abduction and exploitation. And most importantly, make your home a place of trust and support that fulfills your child's needs. Together we can protect our Nation’s children by teaching them to be smart, strong, and safe.

As my gift to you I am including a FREE month of martial arts classes for your children and every member of your family. I hope that you will accept this gift and learn to live a longer, stronger, safer life. Martial arts are safe, fun and easy to learn and is a great family activity that can help bond parent-child relationships.

To your health, Richard Hackworth President, American Dragon Martial Arts Academies