November is Child Safety and Protection Month!

green | November 1st, 2009 - 12:48 PM

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Did you know that November is Child Safety and Protection Month?

Parents should update their child safety protection plans annually. As children grown and change they require different levels of protections. Child Safety and Protection Month gives us a reminder to check out everything from our homes, to the gear our kids use to cyber safety education. With kids you never want to leave anything to chance.

Keeping kids safe is hard. Too bad we can’t stick them in a bubble and not have to worry about them. The best that we can do is teach them well and update our child safety and protection as the kids grow.

Are you looking for ideas on how to keep kids safe? The following list of child safety and protection resources may help.

Child Safety and Protection Month Idea #1

Make sure you use a car seat, booster seat or seat belt as age appropriate. It’s not just the law, using these protection devices helps to save lives.

Child Safety and Protection Month Idea #2

Know who lives in your neighborhood. If your state has a child predator sex offender registry that is online you can search this FBI website.

Child Safety and Protection Month Idea #3

Teach your children about safety. There are free printables online for almost every safety subject. Visit this website to learn more.

Child Safety and Protection Month Idea #4

Talk to your child about teen dating violence before he or she becomes a teenager. Lots of good information is available from the National Teen Dating Violence Hotline.

Child Safety and Protection Month Idea #5

Make it a point to talk to your child regularly and to get to know his or her friends. If you don’t know them take the kids out for pizza a movie so you can meet them. They’ll love the treat and you might have a good time too.

Child Safety and Protection Month Idea #6

As your child gets older she or he still needs boundaries. Don’t be afraid to set them. You have the right to know who your child is with, where your child is going and to set the time for your child to be home.

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