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IdentiKids wristbands are loved by celebrities and politicians too (as well as everyone else)! Read below what people have to say about us!
"Celebrity"
David Cameron, MP
What a great idea! Congratulations on thinking so innovatively. Good luck!
Debra Stephenson (Actress)
Thanks for the kids ID wristbands. I do think they are a great idea and would be happy if you want to quote me on that! Losing your child has got to be every parents worst nightmare. These wristbands are a great idea! Good luck!
Bernie Nolan (Singer and Actress)
I think the wristbands are a 'fab' idea. I lost Erin for 25 mins in Richmond so I know how it feels. At least if she had one of these bands on I would've felt more confident in finding her.
Emma Forbes (Presenter)
I think these wristbands are fantastic! - it's every parents worst nightmare losing a child at an airport or shopping centre and I always write my number on their arm!! So these wristbands are a great step forward - I shall be using them!
Cheryl Baker (Presenter and Singer)
What a brilliant idea! Two years ago my own daughter Kyla, was celebrating her birthday at Chessington World of Adventures. She went on a ride with a friend but, of course, the exit for the ride was some way away. As I had a broken ankle at the time I made my way slowly to the exit but Kyla was nowhere to be seen. After much waiting, screaming, paniking and crying, I was reunited with my daughter who was none the worse for wear.
If only I had an IdentiKids wristband!
Shauna Lowry (Presenter)
Congratulations Nadine! I think IDENTIKIDS is a fantastic idea - so simple, yet effective. Well done - I hope it goes from strength to strength and keeps many kids safe.
Everyone Else!
Jaclyn Thomas
My three year old son always wears his band as I know that they can be lost anywhere at any time even wondering out of the front door! We took him to a fair near my mum\'s house and between us we managed to lose him, whilst the three of us ran around frantically looking for him, he had clearly taken on board what I told him when we put his wristband on weeks earlier. He went and found a lady and told her that he was lost and could she please help him find a police man. She took him to the information tent where he managed to give his name and age, an announcement was put out and we were re-united! He was gone for about ten minutes and when I saw him I scooped him up crying for a big cuddle and he just looked at me and said 'oh, you're back then!'. The lessons that we taught him on the advice of identi kid not only got him safely returned to me but made sure that he wasn't frightened. He couldn't see us but he knew how to find us, he didn't tell them he had the wristband on but it was effective anyway, he still has it on at all times and loves telling people his story of being lost!!!
Marie McGowan
I wish these had been available when my children were growing up. As my three year old walked off when I was at a cash desk in a shop. Fortunately all ended well but for what seemed like ages it did not! Never say it will not happen to me because it can so easily.
Mrs A. F.
I recently bought my daughter wristband prior to our holidays at Centre Parcs. At first she refused to wear it but when she saw that it was 'the same' as her Daddies yellow 'Livestrong' wristband she was convinced! She is not much of a wanderer so we have not yet had that 'panic' moment but we had LOTS of other parents asking about it, espcially when we collected her from the creche and we ended up giving out your website address a bundle of times. Our daughter Georgina has now got too old for a buggy so is now walking beside us and the identikid band gives me so much piece of mind. Everyone needs to know where to look on a child to identify them so that they can find mummy and daddy. They only thing I would say is that I am not comfortable putting her name on the wristband is case someone uses that information to mislead out daughter and let on that he/she knows her. We stick to our mobile numbers and asking people to call us.
Kat P
My son disappeared from our caravan on holiday when someone left the front door open. It was only seconds when we realised he'd gone and we found him playing on the next door neighbours bike! But that experience really frightened us. He is very confident and happily ventures off on his own. Getting him to wear one of your wristbands eases some of the worry. It's not a substitute to keeping an eye on him but it reassures me that he is likely to be reunited with us quicker if he did wander off alone. We've taught him to show his wristband to a \'mummy\' or someone in uniform if he gets lost and can't find us and he seems quite happy about that. Now he always wears a wristband on holiday or for day trips out.
Chontelle Vincent
We all went shopping at local asda store me, my husband and 3yr old son.
Everything had been going well but then my little monkey decided that he would run under the clothes rail in george section. My husband went one way and me the other, so we could hopefully catch him up in the middle. We could see where he was going, as my husband is 6ft 2 and 16st + there was no way he was going to mimic our son by climbing under the clothes too. Then within a split second more shoppers obscured our view and he was gone!!
Initially we were calling him and running up and down the clothes section. No where to be found. I am now starting to panic. We go straight to customer services and inform them and they inform security to look out for him. When asked for a description of what he was wearing i felt physically sick. Me and my husband decided to search different areas of the store including toilets, ball pit in cafeteria. I asked numerous shoppers if they had seen him. By this stage i was hysterical and other shoppers were helping me to look and getting quite anxious them selves. Mean while my husband had gone into the main car park and could not believe his eyes when he saw a gentleman walking our son back down the embankment that was leading to a busy main road. My husband wasnt sure if he was abducting him or bringing him back, grabbed our son and was informed by this very kind man that our son had told him he was running away!! My husband cant even remember thanking this guy out of pure shock.
I heard my son shout mummy!! i burst out crying again and so did he!! I couldn't stop shaking. I told him never to run away again as he could have been taken by strangers or worse. His reply was you could go out and buy a new one!! My response being i dont want a new one i wanted him. In all he was gone for approximately 20-25mins and these were the worst minutes of my life. Thinking he had gone for ever. This is why i have got the wrist band id for when we go abroad on holiday but also for your normal shopping trips!.
Kate Baldry
I impress upon my son that he needs to tell me where he is going at all times, and whose house he is going to when he is playing in our close. I also had the don't talk to strangers dilemma, because I want him to be polite and I talk to strangers and I didn't want to frighten him but had to tell him something. I told him that is someone he didn't know approached him and, for example, asked him to go with them, he should always check in with either me or his dad first and if someone told him that one of us had sent them for him then he was to assume that they weren't telling the truth because we would always come. He know who to approach in shops if he gets lost and to look for uniforms or mothers with babies and other children. I ordered wristbands for him and his sister and he couldn't wait to wear his and love the bear monitor too. He is proud of them, thinks they are cool which is important if you are five and says that he feels safer knowing that I can't lose him. He recently got separated from us but only by a few yards and did exactly the right thing and stood very still by a lampost and didn't panic. We found him very quickly and I bought the monitor etc the day after.
Morag Clunie
I lost my son in Ikea one day. Luckily it was only for a few minutes but we really got panicked and were checking all the exits and the marketplace. He just loves running away and being chased after. At two and a half, he's very strong willed but doesn't understand that he won't be able to find us if he runs off. He's not naughty, just a typical toddler. Anyway, I bought some of the toddler wristbands off the website. He loves it because he has a wristband like Daddy, and I know that it's highly visible and has my mobile number on it. I also gave some to my childminder for when Alex is with her; she ordered some straight away to use with her other children.
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