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If you’re a parent, this is about your family. But what I write here is not only for parents. Today is National Missing Children’s Day. I think it is so important for us as parents to teach our children to enjoy life; to help them experience the joy and hope of Jesus, not the fear and pessimism of man. But neither you nor your children should be naive.

It is estimated that as many as 300,000 American children are working as prostitutes in the U.S.A. (The Human Trafficking Report Newsletter, KlaasKids Foundation)

Every year in America, 200,000 children are abducted by family members, and 58,000 are abducted by non-family members. The primary motive for non-family abductions is sexual. Thankfully, most of those children are quickly and safely returned home. Those that are not are often the victims of the most serious abductions, taken by non-family members and either murdered, held for ransom, or taken with the intent to keep or traffick. Thousands of teenagers run away from home each year, in most cases, because of abusive family situations. Within 48 hours of hitting the streets, one-third of these children are lured or recruited into the underground world of prostitution or pornography. Sadly, some children run away from good homes not knowing the danger that awaits them.