He said he had told her that she should have alerted parents to the threat.

Behavior that might alert parents to a problem are quite subtle and easily overlooked.

Q. What are the red flags that would alert parents that their child might have low self-esteem?

One parent took out a full page advertisement in a local newspaper alerting parents to what had happened.

"We need to alert parents to this problem and learn what they can do about it."

It alerted parents to a recent attempted abduction in a neighboring town.

Though the book's main audience is children, it ends by alerting parents to warning signs of psychological problems.

This campaign should alert parents to the risks that their children face.

Last year's campaign alerted parents to the dangers of online sexual predators.

Simply alerting parents to the issue is enough, in many cases, to bring an end to it in the household.