Preschoolers Public Safety

Preschoolers Public Safety

• Be aware! Teach your children the best ways to keep safe when out shopping, playing in a park or if they become separated from you. To do this you must help them understand what is not safe.
• Practise the ways you want your child to deal with different situations. For example, work out with them what they should do if lost in a shopping centre or public place.
• Children can be encouraged:
  • to practice keeping eye contact on the adult (big people are much easier to see and follow)
  • to find a person who works in the shop if separated from the adult (often this person is standing near the cash register) - tell them to say 'I can't find my...'
  • not to leave the shop or centre by themselves
  • never to walk away out of the centre with anyone until the parent has found them
  • to trust you to find them if they stay where they are
  • to rehearse regularly and talk about their feelings if they have been lost
  • to talk to people while there is a parent with them.

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Department for Community Devlp, Australia.

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