The events that have occurred in the past few days concerning Amber Harris are getting attention from children as well as parents.

Mother Cathy Lind has been answering her children's questions for years and now her kids are asking questions on a more serious topic; Amber Harris.

"You know, the most questions I've gotten have come from my five year old, and it's been, oh what would I do, oh I'd beat him up, you know that five year old mentality, said Lind."

Although Lind and her family live in West Omaha, across town from where Amber disappeared, Lind is concerned because she also has a 12-year-old daughter.

"She gets off the bus just down the block and walks home."

So Lind is making sure that safety tips are being refreshed in her children's minds.

"We actually sat down with the kids last night, and we have a code word, where they are not allowed to get in any vehicle, with anyone, unless they know the code word," said Lind."

Licensed Mental Health Practitioner Jill Eckerman said that parents should talk about general safety and who are strangers and who are not. Also it is a good idea to come up with a list of safe adults for children to know.

Eckerman says that you don’t have to stop there and that there are many ways to make children aware. It is also good to let children know how "safe adults" can help them through confusion and to answer any questions they may have about the murder of another child.

"I think you should just be open and honest with your children about situations like this," said Eckerman. "Kids are very perceptive, and they pick up on things we don't even know they know about."

"It's very important for them to be able to trust mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, and trusted adults to talk about fears and things like that."

Eckerman says that if a parent does not feel comfortable or is worried about saying the right thing, then they should be honest with their children about that too.

Jill Eckerman works through the Nebraska Methodist Hospital's Community Counseling Program. The counseling program offers free advice and counseling to parents and children. The number for the program is 354-6891.