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HOME & GARDEN

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Teach children safety tips
to follow when home alone

-.KIDS LEFT at home alone often
“experience feelings of loneliness,
fear, boredom and anxiety.
Discuss these feelings with them
and use the. following safety. tips
to ‘make the expericnce of being
home alone a positive one.

- FOR PARENTS:
Hieuse rules
@ Involve the children in making
these rules. .More than one child?

‘Work out a system where ‘sibling

disputes can be avoided:

escape: routes,
emergency telephone numbers

(911, ambulance, etc.). Children -

a flashlight), and store it where it
can be easily found when needed.
Teach them how to handle burns,
bites, bleeding, etc. _

Phone list/contacts

@ A phone list should be beside
each phone in the house. Children
should have a neighbor to contact
in case of emergencies.

Other tips- .

® Leave a radio on, it’s a com-
fort to come home to. Keep
poisons out of reach. Teach

. children to recognize the hazard

symbols.

House key
@ Always carry your key on you.
The best place is around your

FOR KIDS:

neck on a chain or string. Keep it .

out of . sight. Make sure you
remove it from the door and lock
the door once you are inside.
‘When you get home

@ Look for signs like broken
windows, doors slightly open, or
anything strange around the
house. If something Jooks wrong,

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Strangers

@ Strangers are people you don't
know even if you see them every
day. Don’t talk to these people
and never let them know you are
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House ruts
@ Follow the house rules that you

.and your parents agreed on.

Discuss. with your parents any of
the rules that are hard to follow.
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