How Do You Raise Street Smart Kids?
Keeping your kids safe isn’t just up to you or the people around them. Raise your children to be street smart by preparing them for unpleasant situations. It’s not easy to talk about things like sexual molestation, kidnapping or getting lost at night, but they need to know what they can do to prevent these. Always know where they are. Get the home phone and cell phone numbers for all of their friends and friends’ parents. Find out who else is going to be where your kids are. Ask about strangers staying overnight or going on the trip your child is going on. Raise your child to “hug a tree.” When he’s lost, teach him to stay in one place instead of wandering around so you can find him. Be smart by putting together identification kits for your kids. Update photos annually, list descriptive details (age, height, weight) and take their fingerprints. The Klaas Kids Foundation has documents you can download to help you. Teach your kids to run away from an adult asking them to get in their car
