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How to keep intruders out of your home and keep children safe?

What are the best ways to protect family & children from intruders? What are the stats on child abductions & sex offenses? How do these stats compare to other risks like fire, car accidents, etc? How much less at risk are boys than girls? Is there much difference? What are the best alarm systems for those on a budget or those who want to take the system with them when they move? What are other home security options especially for homes with bedrooms on the ground floor? How can I make my family & my home less appealing as a target and more risk for intruders? I can't edit the above, but by "home less appealing" I also mean "less noticable"

Public Comments

1. -have a yappy dog -put large dog choke collar by doors and food bowl -mens boots by doors even if no man lives there -park ur nice car in the garage so they dont know you have that much money to afford nice car and keep in garage always so they never know when u are home or not -dont have u yard professionally cut, only rich ppl have money for that stuff, making u seem rich -u can buy home security stuff at hardware store like lowes -no decorations in yard so ur house blends in -www.familywatchdog.us for stats and see if ur area is safe -baby monitors in home so u can listen from ur room at night -prickly bushes under all windows to introders wont break in thru them
2. Don't make your house look fancy if you don't want it to attract people-no professional landscaping, no porch swing or nicely carved/painted verandas, etc. The stats depend on your neighbourhood. If it's a well-off or not-so-well-off neighbourhood the rates will be higher than somewhere in the middle. If you can't afford an alarm system, just putting up stickers will deter most potential intruders. But generally, it's pretty low risk and most intruders are there to steal something, not hurt you.
3. Child abductions are almost always the result of a bitter custody dispute not going the way one parent wanted it to. In nearly every case, the child is found/returned unharmed within a day or two. The chances of your child being abducted in the night by some random intruder sneaking into your house are so small that they're not worth lying awake at night worrying about. Your child has more chance of being hit by lightning than of being randomly abducted. Most child sexual abuse occurs in the home, and is perpetrated by somebody known to the child, usually a family member. It's not the "OMG PREDOTERZ!!" you have to worry about, it's Uncle Charlie who never gets tired of bouncing the girls on his knee, even though they're really getting too big for that. It's loveable old grampa, who's always happy to have the kids stay over. It's the older cousin who's just been dying to take them camping one weekend.
4. Lock all doors and windows when you leave and at night when you go to bed- do this every night until it becomes a habit. Buy a home security system at Radio Shack ( reasonable prices), get a dog. Remove all shrubs that block your windows so your neighbors can clearly see your home. Your best protection for your children is to educate them what to do if a stranger tries to take them--teach them to yell and scream and kick the person- and to run away if they can. Teach them their telephone number, and their address. Make sure they know who they can go with ( Grandma or Aunt or even a close friend if something should delay you picking them up) and tell them not to go with other people unless you give permission. But remember this one thing: fully 80 to 90% of all molested children were molested by an adult their parents trusted with the child. Also - Only a small portion of abducted kids were taken by a stranger. Most of them knew the person who took them and trusted them at first.
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