As parents, our primary goal is to ensure that our children are safe mentally, physically and socially and that they have a good childhood. Developing healthy emotional bonds with parents can prove to have a lifelong effect helping them grow into strong independent & kind adults.
Learning phone numbers by heart
It is imperative that the child learns the mom, dad & one more trusted person’s phone numbers. Alternate methods would be writing it down in a notebook that the child carries every day or a small sheet with important numbers written can be attached with the child’s school ID. The idea is not to rely on cell phones as they can be misplaced or destroyed just as easily.
Having a safe word in case of emergency
Decide upon a password which the kid will be able to remember in case you would need to send someone (acquaintance or friend) to collect her/him from school or anywhere. The kid needs to understand that without the password she would not go anywhere with that person. This may help prevent some unpleasant incident.
Strangers are bad
Children are so pure hearted that they would talk to anyone and everyone. It is important that they understand that chatting up with strangers or taking eatables or toys from them is bad and should not be done.
Buddy System
Walking in two’s or in small groups is advisable in case the children are walking home from school, coaching class or playground. It is always safer when they are more in numbers and can avoid incidents.
Internet Awareness
Children are curious and internet is a reservoir of knowledge (the good, the bad and the ugly kinds). There is a fair chance that a child may fall prey to one of its vices.
Kids should be made aware of things like cyber bullying or inappropriate behavior or too much sharing on the internet. Most importantly, why not giving out personal details like name, age, school, or place of residence to strangers on the internet is good for them.
- team_itemmom
- July 15, 2016
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