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If your child goes missing in public remember this 1 viral tip

A toddler is pictured standing alone and without his parents in shopping mall, in this stock image.
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Genevieve Shaw-Brown
ByGenevieve Shaw Brown
February 02, 2021, 6:24 PM

Losing your child in a public place is one of the most terrifying things that can happen to a parent.

Your instinct may be to run everywhere you can think of, searching for your little one yourself. But one mom's viral Tik Tok tip turns your set of eyes into dozens.

"Do not start silently looking for them," mom Jes Martini said. "Start loudly looking for them."

What does that mean? Martini said to shout their description as you look.

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