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Safety rules for children and parents
Here you will find hints about what safety rules you need to follow so that you don’t have to worry about your growing children
Watch carefully the children around you. In precious moments you will catch a glimpse of your Saviour’s face. Listen intently and you will hear his voice. Walk gently among them; his footprints are all around you. Embrace them, for you are embracing him. Respect them, because they are sometimes God’s agents – exactly the kind of instruments he needs. At such times, only a child will do.
Wess Stafford
You’re the kind of person who treasures your family, raises your children in love, and strives for harmony in relationships. You value tradition, passing it on to the next generation, and believe in the power of goodness and justice. And, of course, you build your life on your faith in God, finding in Him your support and source of joy.
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Here are some very useful tips so that you can do your best for your children and never regret anything:
1. Teach Emergency Contact Information: Ensure your child memorizes important phone numbers and addresses. Example: Practice reciting your phone number and home address regularly.
2. Establish a Family Code Word: Create a secret word that only trusted family members know. Example: If someone claims to be sent by the parents, the child should ask for the code word.
3. Stranger Danger Awareness: Teach children about potential dangers without instilling fear. Example: Role-play scenarios where a stranger asks for help or offers a ride.
4. Basic Self-Defense Techniques: Teach simple but effective methods to stay safe. Example: Show them how to yell “This is not my parent!” if someone tries to force them to go somewhere.
5. Traffic Safety Rules: Reinforce road safety guidelines. Example: Practice looking both ways before crossing and using pedestrian crossings.
6. Communication Plan: Establish clear rules about checking in and keeping you informed of their whereabouts. Example: Agree on specific times for them to call or message you.
7. Tech Safety: If your child carries a phone, teach them how to use it for emergencies and safety apps. Example: Show them how to quickly dial emergency services. Remember, every child matures differently. Gradually increase independence while maintaining open communication about safety.
8. General rules of socialization: Teach your child how to choose friends, how to communicate with others, and how to say “no” when necessary.
9. Daily inquire about events in his life: what surprised him, what new things he learned, what pleased him and what saddened him.
Stay close to your child and thank God for each new day together, then you will have nothing to regret looking at them years later.
As we open God’s Word we don’t need to lean on our own understanding as there are so many different devotional prayers we can use to pray with and over our children. Proverbs 22:6 says, ‘Train up a child in the way he should go: And when he is old, he will not depart from it.’ And so it is with prayers. When you pour into a child’s life and teach them these Biblical prayers, as adult children, they’ll still remember them.
