what do you do to help prevent your children from being exposed to a possibility of being kidnapped?

i recently heard about a local case where a family hired a babysitter and when they came back both the sitter and child were gone. its already nerve wracking enough to find a babysitter you can trust your child and entire house to in some cases, so what do you do/look for when you hire a babysitter? do you use cameras in the house to make sure everything is going well? ask them to call you or call the house to check up on them?

Your right ...kidnappers now has a lot of techniques on how they will kidnapped your kids...Thats why we should be alert all the time..
Don't just trust anybody
Especially to strangers that may just talk to your kids, cause maybe they will just harm kids or take it away from you...

Why not do that...hidden cameras??? or even a secret weapon in your bag...
this is for your own safetiness...
Criminals are just around...In just a minute they can accomplish they're plan...
So as an individual, we need a total protection

Don't prevent them from being exposed to the possibility of being kidnapped! Do the opposite! expose them to this world, this way, they will know what to do to prevent from being kidnapped and what to do in the circumstance of being taken.

Many people do such things as those your suggested. However, the most effective things such as carrying a gun are illegal for the most part in most states and several countries without the proper credentials. Because of this, it's not really practical.

Just my take on it.

Another thing to do is simply to use common sense.

When at the store, restaurant, or mall, don't let your child go to the restroom by themselves if their under a certain age. If I had to pick an age, I'd say about eight, maybe a little younger. That sort of thing.

Make sure they know how to call you and what to do if they are kidnapped. It all helps.

Most kidnapping cases are done by someone the child knows, usually a parent. Nonetheless, when leaving your child home alone with a babysitter, it can't hurt to put cameras up. This has a second advantage, as it not only can help kidnapping cases, but also stop abuse cases as well.

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I agree with the person who said expose them to the horrors of the world. I completely agree with you, there is no better way to teach a child how to be safe then to let them see what happens.
Then you can open discussions and talk with your kids on safety measures.

This is why I only let family members babysit my child. I think that being a parent means sacraficing and if you don't have a family member available that you shouldn't go out that night. I would never leave my child with someone that I did not know.

If I had to have a baby sitter I would do really good background check first.
About exposing your child, mine watches America's Most Wanted and a lot of other shows such as CSI, and we talk all the time about the bad people in the world. It has no affect on her outgoingness either, she LOVES people and always has.But she knows what to do and all incase....