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What to do when a young child tries to run away?
we have a ten year old daughter she is extremely bright and most of the time a very well behaved young lady yesterday she tried to run away by actually sneaking out her window after an argument with her father she was gone for more than thirty minutes this has terrified and shaken all of us to the very core we have never had to deal with anything like this we are both very angry but we want to deal with this this right way to prevent pushing her to do something like this again any advice would be helpful thank you
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Parenting / Our Family, Discipline and behavior challenges, Communicating with my child (The tough talks)
> 60 days ago
What the Expert Says:
Additional Answers (1)
Hi, I'm very sorry to hear about the situation with your daughter, and want to share some relevant resources on Education.com...
Articles (and the toll-free hotline) of the National Runaway Switchboard (an Education.com reference partner)
http://www.education.com/partner/articles/nrs/
Missing Children: Incidences and Characteristics of Runaway Children and Resources Available to Them (from the University of Florida, also an Education.com reference partner)
http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Missing_Children/
Managing Challenging Child Behavior info center
http://www.education.com/topic/misbehavior-discipline/
The toll-free hotline of Boys Town National Hotline (a JustAsk Expert and Education.com reference partner)
http://www.education.com/profile/Boys Town National Hotline/
I hope these resources are helpful to your family.
Articles (and the toll-free hotline) of the National Runaway Switchboard (an Education.com reference partner)
http://www.education.com/partner/articles/nrs/
Missing Children: Incidences and Characteristics of Runaway Children and Resources Available to Them (from the University of Florida, also an Education.com reference partner)
http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Missing_Children/
Managing Challenging Child Behavior info center
http://www.education.com/topic/misbehavior-discipline/
The toll-free hotline of Boys Town National Hotline (a JustAsk Expert and Education.com reference partner)
http://www.education.com/profile/Boys Town National Hotline/
I hope these resources are helpful to your family.
> 60 days ago
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