radKIDS - Teaching Kids to Avoid Abduction & Sex. Predat
May 9, 2006 1:30 pm US/Eastern Program Teaches Kids To Avoid Abduction
(CBS4) It is almost too painful to consider, a child gone missing.
11 year-old Carlie Brucia was abducted in broad daylight. The crime was captured on a surveillance videotape. Her killer was just sentenced to death.
16 year-old Molly Bish was taken from a pond in Warren, where she worked as a lifeguard. Her remains were found three years later, and the identity of her killer remains a mystery.
In both cases, the families' worst fears came true.
Nearly 60,000 children will be abducted this year alone, according to the Center for Missing and Exploited Children. It can happen just about anywhere.
Stephen Daley is a former cop and the head of a national program based on Cape Cod, that teaches children how to avoid or escape abduction.
It's called radKIDS. The "rad" stands for resisting agression defensively.
“Instead of telling kids how to be safe, we actually teach them instinctively how to react,” explains Daley.
The 10-hour program teaches kids how to punch and kick their way out of an attacker's hands. The kids also practice running away and calling for help.
It's no guarantee they'll escape from danger, but Daley says it gives them a fighting chance.
“Instead of a child saying ‘help me, help me,’ we have a child with an attitude ‘how dare you hurt me.’ We give them the physical skills to respond and a chance to escape,” Daley says.
And he says, the program works.
In five years, more than 120,000 children have been trained and 26 abductions failed.
9 year-old Candy McBride was walking home from school when she was attacked. She says her radKIDS training allowed her to fight her way to safety.
“I did my rad kicks. I elbowed him. And hit him on the chin,” Candy says.
Currently, radKIDS has 2,100 instructors in 44 states, giving children choices over violence and fear and teaching them skills that will last a lifetime.
“We teach them number one, nobody has the right to hurt you,” says Daley.
RadKIDS isn't just about kidnapping your child. The program also teaches how to protect themselves against bullies and sexual predators.
For more information on radKIDS training near you visit radKIDS.org or call radKIDS at 508-760-2080.
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May 9, 2006 1:30 pm US/Eastern Program Teaches Kids To Avoid Abduction
(CBS4) It is almost too painful to consider, a child gone missing.
11 year-old Carlie Brucia was abducted in broad daylight. The crime was captured on a surveillance videotape. Her killer was just sentenced to death.
16 year-old Molly Bish was taken from a pond in Warren, where she worked as a lifeguard. Her remains were found three years later, and the identity of her killer remains a mystery.
In both cases, the families' worst fears came true.
Nearly 60,000 children will be abducted this year alone, according to the Center for Missing and Exploited Children. It can happen just about anywhere.
Stephen Daley is a former cop and the head of a national program based on Cape Cod, that teaches children how to avoid or escape abduction.
It's called radKIDS. The "rad" stands for resisting agression defensively.
“Instead of telling kids how to be safe, we actually teach them instinctively how to react,” explains Daley.
The 10-hour program teaches kids how to punch and kick their way out of an attacker's hands. The kids also practice running away and calling for help.
It's no guarantee they'll escape from danger, but Daley says it gives them a fighting chance.
“Instead of a child saying ‘help me, help me,’ we have a child with an attitude ‘how dare you hurt me.’ We give them the physical skills to respond and a chance to escape,” Daley says.
And he says, the program works.
In five years, more than 120,000 children have been trained and 26 abductions failed.
9 year-old Candy McBride was walking home from school when she was attacked. She says her radKIDS training allowed her to fight her way to safety.
“I did my rad kicks. I elbowed him. And hit him on the chin,” Candy says.
Currently, radKIDS has 2,100 instructors in 44 states, giving children choices over violence and fear and teaching them skills that will last a lifetime.
“We teach them number one, nobody has the right to hurt you,” says Daley.
RadKIDS isn't just about kidnapping your child. The program also teaches how to protect themselves against bullies and sexual predators.