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"I Developed KID ESCAPE So Your Children Feel In Control Of
Their Own Safety Which Increases Their Awareness Without
Fear."
Before I tell you how and
why I developed KID ESCAPE
skills, I would like to introduce myself. I am a dad with three
kids under the age of 13. My wife Julie and I have got our hands
full just getting through the day, let alone thinking about the
chance that some freak might want to kidnap and molest or murder
our children.
Besides,
most of the stuff we worry about never comes true any way.
It's usually the event you never see coming
that knocks you off your feet.
When our son Andrew was
around 14 months-old he got Bacterial Meningitis. A rare strain as
a matter of fact, one of only nine known cases in the
United
States.
The doctors didn’t give him much of a chance, but
thankfully they were wrong, and two months later Andrew returned
home from the hospital.
Ironically,
just a few weeks later, a vaccine called Prevnar was
released by the FDA that would have prevented this whole
nightmare. One shot would have meant no coma, no
kidney failure, dialysis or hearing loss for
Andrew.
Here's
the point of our story.
With Andrew’s bad luck still
top of mind within our community, two local pediatricians couldn’t
keep Prevnar in stock; parents were getting their kids
vaccinated left and right. And then about about 18 months
later, I got a call from our pediatrician’s office. They wanted me
to write a story for their monthly newsletter about Andrew and how
Prevnar might have prevented Bacterial Meningitis; because
it’s not a required vaccine
and now barely any
parents were choosing to have their kids
vaccinated.
And
why weren't they? Because when something bad
happens it's human nature to be motivated and take action right
away. When the news focuses on the latest tradegy; it's natural to
ask, "What if this happened to my children?".
By
the way, did you
know most abductors are molesters not
murderers?
I'll never
forget the grandfather who said to me in a choked up voice
after his grandson learned KID ESCAPE moves that he was
abducted and assaulted over 40 years ago and he'd never told
anyone... until now.
KID
ESCAPE is dedicated to all children who have been abducted,
assaulted or molested and thought it was their fault
(predators are experts at building trust then turning it
into fear). There's no easy answer and nothing
is perfect, but for me, if KID ESCAPE saves one
child from a lifetime of damage, we've
won.
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