Child Safety

Child safety is something that needs to be shared with your children, when a child is educated about child safety they are much less likely to be harmed.

Child Safety: How Can You Guarantee It?

Be open, honest and assertive about child safety

One of the best things that we as parents can do for our children, and for ourselves, is to educate them about child safety. We cannot depend on schools and other organizations to do this for us. Child safety issues, such as pool safety are most effective when they come from us and are shared within the family. Be open and honest about how best to ensure child safety and make sure that your child knows what to do in case of an emergency as well as what to do to stay away from those kinds of situations in general.

Much of the information regarding child safety should be introduced and taught to children at the appropriate level. But as soon as they are able, every child should know a few things by heart.

What their full name is
What their full address is
Their telephone number, including the area code
A backup phone number of a friend or family member that they can call if parents cannot be reached.
A police emergency phone number.
The fire department number (fire safety is vital, too)
How to work a pay phone or any other phone.

Besides this information, children should be taught what to look out for and what to stay away from. There's an easy example of a few child safety tips.

They should always be leery of people that attempt to single them out in a group. If it seems as though someone wants to talk to only them when there are other children around, they should stay away. They also need to know that they do not have to be nice or polite to anyone that makes them feel uncomfortable. Around questionable people and in general they should act very confident and sure of themselves. Predators prefer children who look and act as though they do not have self-confidence.

Child safety advice

Make sure that you as parents are always aware of where your children are, this a key to child safety. They should not go into secluded or isolated places - a predator does not want other people to see what he/she is doing and will often strike from a secluded area. And one of the best things to tell children is that when they are being attacked or feel as though they might be, or are in a very uncomfortable position - they should SCREAM, make a fuss and a scene. This simple act has stopped a great many predators in their tracks and insured the safety of many children. .

It is the parents' responsibility to ensure that the child safety seat they have for their child is installed correctly. Protect the ones you love at all times, readers. Never lose sight of that. When your child grows out of child safety seats, ensure that they sit in a booster. A staggering 90% of children in the US that should be in seated in a booster seat, are not. If your child is under 4 ft 9 inches, he/she should be in a booster seat.

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