| Watch Out For | | | | investigation and save the child from further physical |
| These days you never know what can happen to | | | | and verbal abuse or neglect. |
| your kids when you are away at work or on a | | | | * Is the nanny or caregiver always out of camera |
| business trip. So it pays to be better informed and | | | | range except for the regular rituals? |
| alert to some suspicious changes in the home or the | | | | * Are the kids sloppily dressed or dirty? |
| behavior of a child. Thus, it is not enough that your | | | | * Is the child is uncomfortable when the caregiver is |
| CCTV camera just captures the daily rituals of | | | | near him or her? |
| sleeping, eating, and playing. You should be on guard | | | | * Are the kids unusually silent when in the company |
| for child abuse or neglect. | | | | of the caregiver even if you are not around? |
| Caregivers are wiser now with home surveillance | | | | * Are the kids foraging the fridge when the nanny or |
| recording their every move. They simply stay away | | | | caregiver is asleep? |
| from the reach of an inquisitive CCTV camera, so | | | | * Are they hysterical about undressing before |
| that leaves you guessing about the nanny and if the | | | | others? |
| children are all right. | | | | Optimizing CCTV Cameras for Your Child's Protection |
| In most cases, parents place their hidden cameras in | | | | Your CCTV camera has evolved since last invented. |
| the most obvious places, the bedroom and living | | | | These are similar to the exposed surveillance |
| room. Adding a CCTV camera in the basement, | | | | cameras used in banks and malls. Once set up and |
| closets, and the garage provides you more home | | | | hooked to your CCTV. The camera starts capturing |
| surveillance to aid in monitoring activities in all parts of | | | | video images that are instantly seen on your PC or |
| the house. You never know what might happen in | | | | TV screen or your hand-held CCTV. |
| dark nooks and crannies when you are away from | | | | To get the best results from your CCTV camera, |
| home. | | | | choose both wired and wireless models. The wireless |
| Signs to Watch Out For | | | | types of CCTV cameras can be placed in the most |
| Do not be smug because you have hidden cameras | | | | unlikely places but be sure that these can pan, tilt, |
| in the child's bedroom or playroom; you should have a | | | | and zoom, and have night vision for dark areas in the |
| CCTV camera in the garage, kitchen, basement, | | | | house. |
| front door, and all exits. If possible, a spy camera | | | | Think like the bad guy who is CCTV camera shy |
| directed at the family TV should be mounted | | | | when you install your hidden camera. The camera's |
| accurately to monitor what the nanny or relative is | | | | view should not be obstructed by furniture, appliance, |
| watching with the kids. | | | | and other household items and always check that |
| Some of the warning signs of child abuse may go on | | | | things are arranged the way you want it to have a |
| unnoticed if you are not aware of the signs. At the | | | | good view of everything on the computer or TV |
| very first sign, rush back home and do a thorough | | | | screen. |