Thursday 3 December 2009

A Child Safety Tips Discussion and an Amber Alert GPS Are Both Important

By Carolyn Collins

I hope you have gotten an Amber Alert GPS Child Locator. If not, I will tell you how to do that in a moment. Whether you have, or not, now is the time to have a talk with your child about Child Abduction.

Often parents fear the talk will frighten the child. But, what frequently happens is that the child is almost relieved because they have questions they were hesitant to ask.

Topics for discussion should include the lost puppy trick, never going into a public bathroom alone, never talking to a stranger, getting into a strange car, staying in groups.

As part of your child safety tips talk, tell them to scream. Too many children have been scolded for screaming. Be sure yours understand if they are frightened, they should scream loud and long!

Does your child know how to reach you? Work numbers, cell phone numbers. Does he know how to call the police? How about his own phone number and address. Is he clear on those? If he is too young, or has trouble remembering, then help him learn where he can easily find those numbers. A good spot is written inside his back pack.

Included in this child safety tips talk should be a family emergency plan. What to do in case of a disaster. If you let the little ones give their ideas they will remember the plan better. If your family is of an age where persons are scattered, one good idea is to find them at the last place you saw them. If you dropped your son off at school, that is where he should wait for you, no matter where else he might have gone since you left him there.

Oh, yes, the Amber Alert. You've seen the one we have along our highways all across this nation. Now there is a personal size Amber Alert Gps child locator, that you can tuck into your child's pocket and track him on your cell phone to within 3 feet of his location.

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