Three sections offer advice on ways to prevent an abduction and precise steps to take in the event of an abduction, a child-snatching, or a child running away. Material aids are provided for dealing with the missing children problem. The first section lists numerous practical tips to enhance a child's chances of avoiding an abduction and of being returned if an abduction occurs and to minimize the potential of a parent snatching a child. The second section lists actions to take in the event of an abduction, child-snatching, or runaway. Parents are urged to communicate with their children to prevent runaways. The last section suggests ways to establish an absentee reporting program for a child's school, a block parent program for the neighborhood, a voluntary fingerprint identification program, and a missing child network of concerned citizens. It includes samples of identification dossiers for parents and children. Additional material aids include a sample missing persons report; a top priority phone and address list; and lists of missing children organizations, pictorial listing organizations and runaway hotlines, detectives who specialize in missing persons cases, and cult awareness groups. A bibliography provides 17 references.