Kids are vulnerable. Kids are curious. And Kids will do anything you allow them to get away with, and will continue until someone puts their foot down!
What about a child's privacy? Many parents sometimes say, “I don’t like to violate my child’s privacy.” Alternatively, they might believe, stuff like that only happens to someone else’s child.
Are you this type of parent? Do you have these types of children? Well if you are and are dealing with curious and vulnerable children, listen up, because I will take on a journey through reality whilst showing you how to avoid online dangers by providing your child safety. More on Child Safety and Avoiding Online Dangers
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Allowing children to stay at home alone is a difficult step for parents to take. It is almost a given that children will feel they’re grown-up and able to care for themselves well before they actually are. Whether for a short time or, as in the case of a latch-key child, for several hours, parents are nearly always initially fearful. Rightly so. The world in which children are now growing up is not the same as that of their parents. There are so many more dangers that now seem to be present. In order that both parents and children can know when children are ready for the responsibility of staying at home by themselves, at least for a little while, there are a few things to look for and some preparations to make.
Ensure your child is ready. Identify areas where safety is paramount and teach them the rules. The first that comes to mind are the rules for what a child should do after exiting the school bus. If you ask the child what she should do and you get an answer like “Go in and watch T.V.,” then you have some work to do in explaining what she should do and why. If you have a trusted neighbor, have the child report in with that person upon arrival at home. After checking in with the neighbor, and if the neighbor is away, have the child call you once inside the home. Before entering the home, the child should learn to look for signs indicating whether someone has forced their way inside. Are any doors ajar or appear to have been tampered with? Do any windows or screens seem to have been broken or ripped? Begin to develop their ability to carry a house key with them during the day, because if it is left under a doormat or some other place at home, would-be intruders could be in your home without having left any outward signs.More on At Home Alone: First Steps Toward Responsibility
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Teach Abduction Prevention Without Scaring Your Child or Yourself
Parents, it is time for you to get involved with the Polly Klaas Foundation, May 25 is National Missing Children's Day. I was the Sexual Predator Coordinator in Broward County for over 5 years and I was a Career Criminal Detective for 8 years. During this time I met a lot of parents of missing and murdered kids. I noticed that they all had one thing in common and that is that they did not do anything until their child became a victim. Parents are not the victims, children are the victims from Sexual Predators. A parent does carry a emotional scare that their child has become a victim. Many times one parent will blame the other parent. This does not help and it can destroy a marriage and a family. What you need to do is, get involved. Order a Child Safety Kit from the Polly Klaas Foundation, www.pollyklaas.org/.More on Teaching Your Children Abduction Prevention
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Wow, its hard to believe it, but Halloween is almost here, and is a great time to be a kids and a great day for children. However, it is also a day in which caution and safety should be taken. Here are a few tips every parent should think about thi, some of which have been recommended by the National Safety Council.
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by Alan Hammond
Child abuse is widespread; an epidemic. Although untold numbers of abused kids are losing their innocence and being forced leave their childhood well before their time, we forget that fact. Many of us don’t even realize it. The daily rigors of providing the necessities and a happy life for ourselves and families push painful thoughts of children of abuse to the far corners of our mind. What follows here are some hard to face facts. Many of which we never consider.
According to Childwelfare.gov, a service of the Children’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, each week child protective services agencies across the USA receive more than 50,000 reports of child neglect or abuse. In 2003, there were reports involving 5.5 million children. It is startling that 906,000, almost one-million children, were found to have been the victim of abuse or neglect. The most astonishing fact is that nearly 1,500 children, 44-percent being one-year-old or younger, died in 2003, the victims of abuse or neglect. More on Children of Abuse: In Our Thoughts Daily
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I know you are teaching your child, child safety tips. You must also teach them there might come a time when they need help from someone. There is a difference in your child asking for help and a stranger asking them for help. Nothing is fool proof. All We can do is teach them and give them the right information.
We need to make sure that we teach our kids, if they become lost, that they know there is a difference between them asking for help and a stranger asking them for help. We stress to kids not to talk to strangers, but there might be a time when they need to ask for help from a stranger. A Time when they become lost and need help from others. There are times when anyone could use help from a stranger.More on Child Safety – When and How To Ask A Stranger For HelpFiled under Child Safety by
By Alan and Shonna Hammond
The penalties for drunk driving have made a positive impact against accidents involving alcohol. Credit for that impact can only be given to Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD). Since it’s inception in 1980, and almost devoid of assistance by similar organizations, their purpose has been to end drunk driving. Although they have come so far, there still remains a long road ahead. The lives of so many children have been cut short and many other kids have been left without mothers and fathers due to the ignorance and self-serving actions of drunk drivers and those that let them drive. More on Help Support Mothers Against Drink Drivers
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Understanding child safety and online dangers is essential for protecting your children. If you have an understanding of the Internet, you are aware that dangers lurk in nearly every corner. The Internet is a growing roadway that links people together through a network. The logic of learning the Internet is part of teaching your child how to miss online dangers, and some of that information will include where children visit online. What types of dangers are online? How can you protect your child from these dangers? What does the Internet offer to children? Why are the children interested in a virtual reality platform? More on Understanding Online Dangers and Child Safety
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Unlike in cartoons, children can’t identify poison by the skull and crossbones on the bottle. It would be nice if they could understand signs such as on the picture to the left, but even if there were such a label, a child wouldn’t recognize harmful substances. In truth, parents are often not aware of the prevalence of toxic substances. Preventing children access to every dangerous substance in the home is simple; however, as with defending against other dangers, a degree of diligence is required in the short run. Keeping complacency at bay is necessitated for the long run. Here are some suggestions to keep poisons away from your child, along with some common examples of dangerous household items. More on Keeping Children and Poison Apart
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by Michelle Donaghey
They are waiting to be your child’s best friend and confidant, knowing what to say and how to say it whether you realize they are there or not. While you may think they are, not all are old men with long baggy coats either. They can be young , married or of the opposite sex they claim to be. If you met them on the street, you might not even think twice about them. Some may even be teachers , coaches or preachers in your community.
On-line predators do not fit a mold. Often pedophiles pretend to be a friend who is the same age of the child. At first, he or she might talk to your child over several nights or weeks in order to become closer to them. Eventually the conversation might move into sexual topics. Eventually the pedophile posing as a child may ask where your daughter or son lives, goes to school and his or her phone number. Sometimes he or she may try to set up a face-to-face. More on Keep Kids Safe on the Internet
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