If it happens that your child is lost, in no case panic and do not waste all your time looking and waiting. Remember that most of the time children are alive, so brace yourself and take action.
Priority actions
First, write down the time when you realized that the baby disappeared. If this happens at home, carefully check furniture, beds, attic, basement, rooms and appliances. After checking the apartment, interview the neighbors and friends of the child and call everyone who might be aware of the baby's whereabouts.
If, after an hour, it was not possible to find the baby, prepare a statement to the police. If you have an individual baby card, find it and supplement it with information about the appearance, signs of the child and his clothes. It is also important to find the most recent photograph of the child.
Then go ahead and apply. If you do not accept it, but know that this is a violation of the law. Services are required to accept and process such an application, and they are required to register it from any citizen. If you are still refused, contact your higher authorities and demand that the application be processed and registered with you. Write down the application number, as well as the name of the person receiving the document.
What to do next
If the child has a mobile phone registered to you, ask the mobile operator for a printout of the last calls. It is also advisable to call volunteers and involve as many people as possible in the search. Use the media and the internet.
Actions depending on where the child is missing
If your child disappeared in transport, then he most likely did not leave at the bus stop or missed you. Inform the child on duty at the station, subway or car station and go to the next stop - it is quite possible that the child is there.
If a child is lost in the park, contact the police or the local Ministry of Emergency Situations and before the arrival of the services, try to conduct a survey of the area and landmarks to help the services in the search.
If a child is lost in a public place (center, stadium, hypermarket), contact the security service. It is also necessary to ask the informing service to send a message about the incident through the speakerphone.
