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Teaching Your Child to be Safe at Home
By admin | July 18, 2011
As parents we try to do everything we can to keep our children safe. Sometimes though a child has to be home alone so it is important that we teach them to be careful and safe so that hopefully nothing bad happens to them. In most states a child should be thirteen before they are left home alone so make sure you check local laws about this.
The first thing to teach a child to be safe at home is to never answer the door. Answering a door when they are home alone can pose a serious danger to a child. Another thing to make sure they remember is if they answer the phone to never tell anyone that they are there alone. They should always just say that their parents or babysitter are busy and can not come to the phone. Telling someone that they are home alone can be dangerous because it may be someone that wants to hurt them. Something else to teach your child so they are safe at home is to never use the stove. Something left on the stove could possibly cause a fire and everyone knows how easy it is for a child to get distracted and forget the stove is on. Make sure the child knows all the emergency numbers and how to get in touch with you in case something happens. You can’t avoid bad things but this make keep them safe in most situations.
Paula Bowen
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