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How to keep your child safe from strangers by allgoodlight(m): 7:32pm On Dec 13, 2017
In our world today safety of any individual is not certain. The world is advancing from bad to worse. Evil doers are increasing daily making the world unstable to leave especially for innocent children one of the most important qualities you want to instill in your children is a deep sense of security in themselves and the world. Parents should ensure they never neglect security messages to your children to get to nurture their developing sense of security.

Here is security information you can pass to your children based on the area or country you leave in to build their sense of security and be safe.

1.Do not open the door to strangers: The same rule applies to strangers at home as it does on the street, “Do not talk to strangers”! Take the time to explain to your children that although home is a safe place, the reason it is safe is because your family takes precautions by not opening doors to strangers.

2. Get to know all your teenager’s friends: There is a certain proverb,that says “what an elder can see sitting down, a child cannot see even standing at the top of a mountain.” The prover the have proved to be correct over the years.Teenagers indeed believe that they know everything, even though life is being viewed through the rosy lens of ‘forever young’. It is your job therefore as a parent to guide them, gently and diplomatically.

3. Explain to your children that there are bad people who pose as tradesmen, delivery people, or even people in distress: It’s alright not to open the door. Explain these people can always get help next door or come back later to do a delivery or service work.

4. Install door viewers at your children’s eye level: Quite often door viewers are installed too high without any thought given to children,rendering them useless. Don’t worry about the look of a door viewer installed at a lower level, replacing the door down the road is a small price to pay for your children’s safety.

5. Make sure your children don’t brag about your families purchases: Whether it is a new television, CD or DVD player a burglar might have overheard the conversation. The last thing your children need is an unexpected visitor at the door.

6.Teach your children how to secure all locks and alarms when they are in the home alone: Have them show you how to arm and disarm the alarm system and secure all door locks and window locks. Making sure they understand the importance of getting into this habit is crucial for their safety. Note: Make sure your alarm has a cellular back-up in the event of a phone line cut.

7.Caution teenagers about ‘blind dates’ or meeting anyone they do not know: Not so long ago there was in the news a story about a girl who was murdered in a hotel, while she went to meet up with a man she met via a popular social network. Teenagers all roll their eyes at this warning but what they do not realise is that this is a very real danger. It is even made worse by the fact that when they embark on this journey they are filled with the sense of adventure and heady with the thrill that they cannot think straight, and they keep the details of their whereabouts secret from their parents/guardians.

8.Teach younger members of your family not to open mails or packages: Sometimes it might not even be a letter bomb. It could just be that the package contains sensitive information that might eventually bring harm to your family if it not handled appropriately.

9.Teach young children how to answer the telephone so that they do not give out personal information: Children have access to phones in the house so that they can be easily reached by you, or can easily reach out to someone when they are in need of help, and this is beneficial. However, it is possible for them to misuse this helpful tool and turn it into a dangerous one, if they are giving out their home addresses and telling strangers about the absence of adults in the house.

10.Create a secure room: Install extra deadbolts and door reinforcing on a room as an escape route in the event of a forced entry. Rehearse with your children how they would find their way to safety once locked inside a secured room.

11. Make sure your children have a cellular phone to use in case of emergency. If your phone lines are cut or tampered with, your children can still call for help.

12.Have a list of family contacts: Your children should have a list of family contacts should they experience a problem they don’t know how to handle, like a malfunctioning lock or alarm system.

13. If they answer the phone to a stranger wanting to know if their parents are home: Have them tell the party that their parents are busy right now and they will have to call back later. Frightening calls should be reported to a family contact immediately.

14.Make sure they are mature enough: It is recommended that you wait until your child is at least 12 years old before they are left at home alone. Some may not even be ready by this age. The more responsible that they are with their schoolwork and chores, the more responsible they are going to be when left at home alone.

15.Check in on them: Call as often as possible while you are away at work. It is important to check in on them as much as possible. Also, set up a time for them to call you so that you can make sure that they are okay. Constant communication is one of the keys to keeping your children safe at all times.


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