Sunday, October 10, 2010

How to ensure the safety of your child?

The problem of child safety is internationalized and is relevant to all segments of the population (from a billionaire to unemployed engineers and pensioners). For normal, everyday parents often forget that the responsibility for the safety of their children. Neglected the elementary basic rules, forget to train their children, disparagingly refer to the construction of the system of security around their kids, sorry for this money and time. And bitter pay for it.
It should be remembered that the children - it's "weak points", the most vulnerable place "in the defense." Therefore, terrorists, extortionists, blackmailers to achieve their goals using primarily children. Of course, it is impossible in one short article to cover all aspects of such a broad topic like child's safety. You must move in two parallel "courses."
The first - teaching your child. It is necessary to develop sustainable reflexes in compliance with the basic rules of street safety for young (4-6 classes), namely, to teach:
1. Use sight and all the other senses to constantly feel what is happening around them.
2. Trust your intuition and act in accordance with it.
3. Be able to make a timely decision, when to run away and call for help, and when just to be on the alert.
4. Notice and then be able to remember every possible detail.
5. Good to know all the landmarks in your area.
8. Stay away from dense shrubbery, plantings of trees, abandoned houses.
9. Know the location of telephones available for public use.
10. Know all the safe places to escape and get help.
11. Know that, having separated from the group, the child becomes more vulnerable.
12. Not to attract attention to demeanor and valuables.
13. Quickly to the police in case of incidents or crimes.
Work with the child on the elaboration of such skills should be regularly, gradually and in an interesting way (role-playing games, solving situational problems, promotion, etc.).
The second "course" - it's your job to the environment: preparing the child to walk to school or walking around the neighborhood, you need to get around with him all the surrounding streets, noting the potentially dangerous places. Contract with a child, according to which he would only move coordinated with you the safe route is not anywhere to cut off the path, and will not remain in the school yard, when all the classmates have already gone home.
This agreement - the basis of street safety. But the first time, set an unofficial control the movements of your offspring.
You should also teach your child where and whom to contact for help. Write a so-called "islands of security". Their selection is very individual and depends on many factors (for example, in the next to the school kiosk can run your good neighbor, etc.). However, there are general principles of selection "security islands". These may be: school (there is almost always a security guard), a grocery store and a bank (for the same reason), the police department of fire protection, library, etc.
People who can help: a neighbor, a family friend, a relative, a policeman, security guard, anyone in uniform. The reasons that experts recommend for children to seek help to anyone in uniform, the following:
1. Many adults belong to a teenager asking for help, but rather with distrust and even fear than sympathy.
2. Men in uniform on duty have all sorts of services. They initially focused on something to help people.
3. Children subjected to assume certain risks in applying for assistance from the stranger, "a civilian", whereas the probability that a man in uniform would be a kidnapper or extortionist, is negligible.
BUT: should teach a child to understand that a man in camouflage is not a man in uniform (teenager should pay attention to the cap with a badge, insignia, chevrons, etc.).
Not always the danger posed by an adult, may be evident. Before you commit unlawful acts, attackers may try using deception to gain the confidence of the child. Completely eliminate this risk is impossible, it can only be minimized by educating children care, care, and ways to prevent dangerous situations.
Give about this specific advice is very hard on the surprises and emergencies are not insured by any adult, no children. But there are some general rules that should be strictly followed:
1. It is very important to establish a trusting relationship with your child. You should always be aware of everything that is happening with your child.
2. Appropriate education should be taught to recognize the risk and danger, without threatening the faith in the future.
3. It is important to remember that undue security measures may affect your children and make them insecure, unable to overcome even minor difficulties.
4. Choosing a babysitter, or tutor must be done with thoroughness: should ask the professionalism and seriousness of the person you are going to entrust her child;
5. Encourage your children to always tell you where and at what time they went, and the fact that before nightfall they should return home.
6. Your children need to remember: without the permission of parents can never accept candy from strangers, gifts, money.
7. Never, under any circumstances, your children should not agree to proposals unknown (or unfamiliar people): a walk, and (especially!) To drive a car. Warn your children that it is dangerous to accept the proposal of strangers when they call somewhere to go with them or go and ask to help them do something (to find a lost cat or dog, bring the things to be photographed with them, play together, etc. ). Before you do anything, one must ask permission from their parents.
8. Persuade the children that do not need to enter into conversation with strangers in the absence of parents.
9. Teach your children always lock the door and never admit a stranger that they were alone at home.
10. Teach children to call police, fire, and ambulance and enjoy the street payphones.
11. Responding on the phone, the child should not call his name or the name of the caller (since it can easily be mistaken).
12. If a child on the phone asked to name address, he should ask to call back later when the parents are home.
13. Encourage your children by agreeing to meet with friends, designate it for a while, when the apartment will be someone else.
Protect your children! In the end, no deal, no company is not worth their lives and health! 

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