Today is National Missing Children's Day.

There are a few things you can do to help keep children safe. One is to go check the photos at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and see if you recognize anyone. It's pretty tough, but if it were your kid on the list, you'd want everyone looking.

Another thing you can do is check out the various materials available to help prepare your child for what to do in the event someone tries to abduct or molest them. You can find good stuff here and here.

Finally, the Polly Klaas Foundation offers free child safety kits that include information, fingerprint kits and DNA sampling material. As you recall, Polly was abducted from her bedroom during a slumber party and murdered. The Polly Klaas Foundation is just one of the organizations that was created by her family after her death to help children. The other is KlaasKids and is able to lobby in congress on children's behalf.