I lost my son at Disney World & was terrified – all parents need to know the tactic I used to find him
LOSING a child in a public setting is perhaps one of the most terrifying scenarios a parent can imagine.
It’s helpful to know the best approach for locating your kid if this were to ever happen to you.
A mother named Danyelle Leyden, who goes by @proudmommy9110 on TikTok, shared her useful tip for finding a missing child.
Fellow mother Jess Martini (@jesmartini) reposted the video and it went viral.
Danyelle began: “I saw this tip a couple months ago on TikTok that said if you lose your kid, don’t call your kid’s name. Just start screaming what they were wearing, ok?”
Rather than silently looking around or saying a name that no one else in the setting knows, shout out their description.
“We’re in Disney World in Hollywood Studios and sure as s***, we lost a kid. We lost Corey.
“So, I was running around not screaming Corey, I was screaming: ‘Green hat, under armor shirt! Green hat, under armor shirt!’
“And within literally four minutes, he was found and returned back to us safely.”
By yelling out what the child looked like, strangers at the park had their eyes peeled and help locate him quickly.
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This trick would also deter any potential kidnappers from continuing to walk away with the child because others would be causing a stir.
“People were walking past me repeating me up there, saying: ‘Did you see a kid with a green hat?’
“It is the most effective. Especially in an area like this where there are so many kids.”
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The woman who reposted the video, Jess Martini, shared a few other useful tips:
“Dress in bright colors; take a pic of the kid in entire outfit before going into the place; alert personnel and have one adult go block exit; write PARENT name and number on the kid.”
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