10 Safety Practices You Need To Teach Your Kids

Jul 27, 2018 by apost team

Parents may be concerned about teaching their children good manners, and this is certainly important. However, what may be even more important is teaching children to be safe. Here are some guidelines children should follow when parents are not nearby.

Kids and parents should agree on a password they can both remember and that only they know about. If someone the child doesn't know approaches the child and claims to be from the parent, the child can ask for the password, and if the person doesn't know it, the child knows not to go with them.

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Children need to be taught their parents' names, address and phone number as soon as they are capable of memorizing them so they can share this information if necessary. However, it is also important that they know to only share it in an emergency and if possible only with police.

It's an old one but still a good one. Children should be taught in an age-appropriate way that they should not talk to strangers and why.

Children should also be taught to be careful about who they talk to on social media and not to reveal any personal information including their school, address or the family routine. They also should not add people they don't know to any social network accounts.

Your kids should be taught to talk to you about everything and particularly about where they are going, when and for how long. This applies to teenagers going out with friends or small children stepping out of your reach in a store. You should know where they are at all times.

Your children will be well-served throughout their lives, not just in their childhood, if you teach them that they always have the right to say no. Children should know that they do not have to remain around someone who makes them feel unsafe or allow someone to touch them. Let them know that adults such as parents, teachers and police can help.

Don't let them go anywhere alone. Children should always be accompanied by a parent or friend wherever they go. If no one can go with them, they need to stay home.

Whether the person is a stranger or someone you or your child knows, children should be taught to not accept anything from another person without your permission.

Children should be taught to check for anything amiss when they arrive home alone. If everything looks fine, they should go in, lock the door and phone you. They should never tell a visitor or caller that they are alone, only that the parents are not available.

Children should have all the emergency contact information they need. This includes police, fire department and help lines as well as how those numbers are dialed from both land lines and cell phones.

Parents keep their kids safe by staying aware and taking precautions. Comment below to tell us your best tips for protecting kids from dangerous people and situations and show this to your friends so they can keep their kids safe, too.