ANY parent who has ever lost sight of their child in a public place will be familiar with the instant panic.

And now one mum has shared a genius technique for finding your child even in the busiest of places, and it’s all thanks to the ‘Looking Loudly’ technique.

TikTok user Jess revealed that she herself had lost site of her son at the supermarket, and said her technique helped her to locate him quickly.

Speaking in a recent video, she explained: “If you’re at an amusement park, zoo, mall, whatever it is, and you look around and your child is no longer with you, what you want to do is start loudly looking for them.

“Do not start silently looking for them.

“You want to look loudly, and what I mean by that is you start shouting their description while you look.”

The mum described what she did to find her son.

“It’s going to sound like this: ‘I’m looking for a boy, age five, short brown hair, brown eyes, Caucasian, red Nike t-shirt, black shorts, black shoes’,” she said.

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She explained that the key is to keep repeating your child’s description loud and clear so the people around you hear. 

Jess continued: “Now you’ve got every single person who’s around you looking for your child instead of just you, and best case scenario somebody finds your child and they return them to you.”

The worst case scenario? “Someone was walking away with your child, they’re going to let them go because they don’t want that sort of commotion.”

Jess said that parents might feel silly yelling out their child’s description in public, but she pointed out that feeling silly was better than losing your child altogether.

“You may feel you look stupid doing it, and maybe you do, but it is so much better to look stupid than to be sorry,” she said.

Jess had plenty of other clever tips to stop kids from getting lost in the first place.

She added: “Dress your kids in bright colours similar to each other. Once I was at a play place and there were three brothers and they were all dressed in neon pink. The only thing I could focus on was those brothers because they stood out so much.”

She also suggested taking a photo of your child before entering a public space, and writing your mobile number on your child’s arm.

Jess’ followers were quick to thank the mum for her clever advice.

“This information is SO important. Thank you for raising awareness!” said one person.

Another added, “Yes!! This helped me find my son after [he] wandered off after being at Disney last week. Thank you!”

This story was originally published on Kidspot and has been republished her with permission.

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