Bankole Abe
How to keep your children safe during this holiday
Most students are presently in a period of a long break for from their schools and this may make some children vulnerable and at risk of dangers like rape, kidnapping, fire disasters and so many other evils as parents are busy with their work. Parents on their own are worried and anxious on how to keep their children safe. Worry no more as there are ways to keep them safe, Here are ways to achieve it:
– Take a leave from work or business: if you can afford it, plan for one of the parents to take a leave off work so as to keep a close watch on the children and to ensure their safety. It is dangerous to leave the children at home all by themselves through the whole day especially if they are still young.
– Keep children with Someone You Can Trust: if it is not possible for either of the parents to take a leave, take your children to spend the holiday with someone close that can take good care of them. Even though they are few, search hard to find.These people include your parents, family friends and so on. One thing you must do is to check on these children regularly and also ask them questions about how they are doing.
– Keep All dangerous objects away: children are inquisitive and may want to check out whatever seems to be new. Even if you are around, you may not be able to monitor every move of the children so, it is advisable to keep whatever that is dangerous away from the reach of your children.
– Get the children busy: there are a lot of new things your children can learn during the period of the long vacation. Apart from their studies, they can go and learn how to make new things like bags, toys, playing musical instruments and so on. When the children are busy, the risk of being involved in the wrong things is very low. You should also enroll them in a summer school.
– Ask questions: Most parents do not ask questions, they just assume that all is well with their children. it is important to ask your children certain questions so as to know what may be going on with them that you may not know. Ask questions like who they relate with lately and what they discuss. When you do this, it is possible you get information about whoever may be a threat to them.
– Restrict their night movements: if your children are teenagers or not, you must make sure that they stop going out at night as this is very dangerous. Kidnappers, ritualists may be going around at this period and they may fall victim.
– Make sure they don’t walk alone: it is often said that two are better than one, this also applies to your children. If you have more than one child that is matured enough to go out, never allow them to go out on their own at this period but they should move at least in twos for safety.
All parents must not forget that the safety of their children is their primary duty which they must take seriously.
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