Child Safety

Listen to what children tell you about their lives friends, school, worries, and fears.
Make sure you know your child's friends and the friends' parents.
Before your children go to another home, ask the adults there whether they have guns or alcohol and if so whether these are securely and safely stored.
Check out the neighborhood with your child. Find out whether he or she feels safe or unsafe. Work with neighbors to address problems such as unsafe "shortcuts," dangerous intersections, areas where shrubbery needs trimming back, and a lack of safe places to seek help.
Urge kids to play in groups, which are far less susceptible to an approach by strangers.
Set up clear rules for play after school, on weekends, and during summer and holiday times. Review them regularly with your child.
Be a caring adult and a role model. Let kids know that they can tell you anything and that you will listen.

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