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BY KIM ST. ONGE

ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN

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Airport security can be a drag, but for kids it’s about to get a little less invasive.  ABC News reports.

“Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the government will be rolling out a different airport pat-down policy for children under 12 in the coming months, and these children will no longer have to take off their shoes to be screened.”

To that, a mother of three and blogger for Momania says, mehh.

“They can make my kids take off their shoes all they want. My kids think it’s funny. What I don’t want is some man or woman feeling up my kids. So I will be very interested to see what the new rules turn out to be...”

Kids 12 and younger will also get fewer pat downs. USA TODAY quotes Secretary Napolitano explaining -- the new rules mean no more one-size-fits-all security.

"We do want to move and are moving to a more risk-based approach to screening passengers [and] try to streamline screening for those passengers who are low-risk, which enhances our ability to focus on passengers who we either don't know or who are high-risk.”

But kids aren’t completely off the hook. Napolitano told a Senate committee there will continue to be random checks. (Video: C-SPAN)

WTVT spoke to parents -- most of whom say in the past -- their children were never subjected to a pat-down. But one mom told the station she’d welcome an alternative.

“If they can come up with something where they can push it through where it won’t be horribly evasive then I’’m fine with that but I don’t want someone patting down my baby.”

The changes are expected to take effect in the next few weeks.
 

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